Washington panchang, 14 September 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 19:15 Moonrise 17:38 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
06:50 to 19:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:56 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 16:09
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:02 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:11 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:15 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:15 – 21:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:43 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 11:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:47
- Karana Vishti until 11:11, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:02 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:43 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:29
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:47 – 11:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:09
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. 05:17 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:15 – 21:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 11:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:02 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:23 – 09:56 | Good |
| Rog | 09:56 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Char | 13:03 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:42 – 19:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:15 – 20:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:42 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:09 – 23:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:36 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:03 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:24 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:03 Leo
- 07:03 – 09:32 Virgo
- 09:32 – 12:02 Libra
- 12:02 – 14:27 Scorpio
- 14:27 – 16:28 Sagittarius
- 16:28 – 18:01 Capricorn
- 18:01 – 19:16 Aquarius
- 19:16 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 21:53 Aries
- 21:53 – 23:43 Taurus
- 23:43 – 02:00 next day Gemini
- 02:00 – 04:30 next day Cancer
- 04:30 – 06:51 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