Washington panchang, 17 September 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:11 Moonrise 19:10 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 19:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:09
- Yamaganda 09:57 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:02 – 14:34
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:38
- 12:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
19:11 to 06:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:11 – 21:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:30 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 18:11
- Karana Vishti until 12:25, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:14 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:38
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:11 – 20:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:52 – 01:30 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 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:11 – 21:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:30 – 06:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:30 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:25 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Char | 09:57 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 13:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:02 – 14:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:34 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:06 – 17:38 | Good |
| Rog | 17:38 – 19:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:06 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:34 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:02 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:58 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:26 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:51 Leo
- 06:51 – 09:20 Virgo
- 09:20 – 11:51 Libra
- 11:51 – 14:15 Scorpio
- 14:15 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 17:49 Capricorn
- 17:49 – 19:04 Aquarius
- 19:04 – 20:17 Pisces
- 20:17 – 21:41 Aries
- 21:41 – 23:31 Taurus
- 23:31 – 01:48 next day Gemini
- 01:48 – 04:18 next day Cancer
- 04:18 – 06:48 next day Leo
- 06:48 – 06:53 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