Washington panchang, 7 September 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 10:59 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
06:44 to 19:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:44 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:25
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 16:16
- 08:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
19:27 to 06:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:07
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:00 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 13:46
- Karana Vishti until 08:07, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 21:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:16
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. 05:14 – 05:59
- 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 19:27 – 21:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 06:00 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 06:00 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 08:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:19 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:51 – 19:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:27 – 20:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:16 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:20 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:31 Leo
- 07:31 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:30 Libra
- 12:30 – 14:54 Scorpio
- 14:54 – 16:56 Sagittarius
- 16:56 – 18:28 Capricorn
- 18:28 – 19:44 Aquarius
- 19:44 – 20:56 Pisces
- 20:56 – 22:21 Aries
- 22:21 – 00:10 next day Taurus
- 00:10 – 02:28 next day Gemini
- 02:28 – 04:58 next day Cancer
- 04:58 – 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