Washington panchang, 4 September 2024
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 08:01 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
06:41 to 19:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:42
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:31 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:51 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 10:32
- Karana Balava until 13:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:44 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:42
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. 05:12 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 02:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:44 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:31 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:13 Cancer
- 05:13 – 07:43 Leo
- 07:43 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 12:42 Libra
- 12:42 – 15:06 Scorpio
- 15:06 – 17:07 Sagittarius
- 17:07 – 18:40 Capricorn
- 18:40 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 21:08 Pisces
- 21:08 – 22:32 Aries
- 22:32 – 00:22 next day Taurus
- 00:22 – 02:39 next day Gemini
- 02:39 – 05:09 next day Cancer
- 05:09 – 06:42 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