Washington panchang, 11 September 2024
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:20 Moonrise 15:11 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
06:47 to 19:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:38
- 11:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:24 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
19:20 to 06:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:20 – 21:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 14:17
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 14:24
- Karana Bava until 14:17, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:24 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:38
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. 05:16 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:20 – 21:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:51 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:47 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:38 | Good |
| Char | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 06:48 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
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:15 Leo
- 07:15 – 09:44 Virgo
- 09:44 – 12:14 Libra
- 12:14 – 14:39 Scorpio
- 14:39 – 16:40 Sagittarius
- 16:40 – 18:13 Capricorn
- 18:13 – 19:28 Aquarius
- 19:28 – 20:41 Pisces
- 20:41 – 22:05 Aries
- 22:05 – 23:54 Taurus
- 23:54 – 02:12 next day Gemini
- 02:12 – 04:42 next day Cancer
- 04:42 – 06:48 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