Washington panchang, 3 September 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 07:03 Bhadrapada month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 19:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 10:06
- Yamaganda 09:53 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:56
- 09:35 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:33 to 06:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:25 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 00:17 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 09:35
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:04, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:35 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:25 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:56
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:11 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:46
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 13:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:06 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:56 | Good |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:33 – 20:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:07 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:17 – 06:41 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:17 Cancer
- 05:17 – 07:47 Leo
- 07:47 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:46 Libra
- 12:46 – 15:10 Scorpio
- 15:10 – 17:11 Sagittarius
- 17:11 – 18:44 Capricorn
- 18:44 – 19:59 Aquarius
- 19:59 – 21:12 Pisces
- 21:12 – 22:36 Aries
- 22:36 – 00:26 next day Taurus
- 00:26 – 02:43 next day Gemini
- 02:43 – 05:13 next day Cancer
- 05:13 – 06:41 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EDT (UTC-4) · Method