Washington panchang, 15 September 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:14 Moonrise 18:13 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
06:51 to 19:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 13:02 – 14:35
- Gulika Kalam 16:08 – 17:41
- Durmuhurta 17:35 – 18:24
- Rahu Kalam 17:41 – 19:14
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:19 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
19:14 to 06:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:14 – 21:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:42
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:19 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:11 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:19 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:35 – 18:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:41 – 19:14
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. 05:18 – 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 19:14 – 21:33
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:24 – 09:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:56 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 13:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:02 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:35 – 16:08 | Good |
| Rog | 16:08 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:24 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:59 Leo
- 06:59 – 09:28 Virgo
- 09:28 – 11:58 Libra
- 11:58 – 14:23 Scorpio
- 14:23 – 16:24 Sagittarius
- 16:24 – 17:57 Capricorn
- 17:57 – 19:12 Aquarius
- 19:12 – 20:25 Pisces
- 20:25 – 21:49 Aries
- 21:49 – 23:39 Taurus
- 23:39 – 01:56 next day Gemini
- 01:56 – 04:26 next day Cancer
- 04:26 – 06:52 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