Washington panchang, 6 September 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:28 Moonrise 09:58 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
06:43 to 19:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:18 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:16 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta 13:31 – 14:22
- Yamaganda 16:17 – 17:53
- 12:44 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:30 Moon enters Libra
- 18:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:28 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:28 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:07 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:04 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 12:44
- Karana Vanija until 18:51, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:44 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:30 Moon enters Libra
- 18:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:16 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:31 – 14:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:53
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. 05:13 – 05:58
- 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 19:28 – 21:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 03:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:41 | Good |
| Rog | 14:41 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:28 – 20:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:19 – 06:44 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 07:35 Leo
- 07:35 – 10:03 Virgo
- 10:03 – 12:34 Libra
- 12:34 – 14:58 Scorpio
- 14:58 – 17:00 Sagittarius
- 17:00 – 18:32 Capricorn
- 18:32 – 19:48 Aquarius
- 19:48 – 21:00 Pisces
- 21:00 – 22:24 Aries
- 22:24 – 00:14 next day Taurus
- 00:14 – 02:31 next day Gemini
- 02:31 – 05:01 next day Cancer
- 05:01 – 06:44 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