Washington panchang, 16 September 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:12 Moonrise 18:43 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
06:52 to 19:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:27 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:44
- 07:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:12 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:12 – 21:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:18
- Karana Gara until 16:00, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:27 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:44
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:18 – 00:18 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:14 – 12:25 next day
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. 05:19 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:12 – 21:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:03 – 04:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:12 | Good |
| Char | 19:12 – 20:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:07 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:02 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:25 – 06:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:55 Leo
- 06:55 – 09:24 Virgo
- 09:24 – 11:54 Libra
- 11:54 – 14:19 Scorpio
- 14:19 – 16:20 Sagittarius
- 16:20 – 17:53 Capricorn
- 17:53 – 19:08 Aquarius
- 19:08 – 20:21 Pisces
- 20:21 – 21:45 Aries
- 21:45 – 23:35 Taurus
- 23:35 – 01:52 next day Gemini
- 01:52 – 04:22 next day Cancer
- 04:22 – 06:51 next day Leo
- 06:51 – 06:52 next day Virgo
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