Washington panchang, 5 September 2024
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 09:00 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
06:42 to 19:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:56
- 11:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:11 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:30 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 05:31 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:55 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 11:37
- Karana Taitila until 16:11, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:33 – 18:49
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 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:55 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:18 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:30 – 20:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:54 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:19 – 06:43 next day | Good |
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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 07:39 Leo
- 07:39 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:38 Libra
- 12:38 – 15:02 Scorpio
- 15:02 – 17:03 Sagittarius
- 17:03 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 21:04 Pisces
- 21:04 – 22:28 Aries
- 22:28 – 00:18 next day Taurus
- 00:18 – 02:35 next day Gemini
- 02:35 – 05:05 next day Cancer
- 05:05 – 06:43 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