Washington panchang, 19 September 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:07 Moonrise 20:04 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
06:54 to 19:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam 14:32 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta 15:52 – 16:41
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:10 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:07 to 06:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:07 – 21:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:45 Moon enters Aries
- 01:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:45 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:48
- Karana Gara until 15:10, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:45 Moon enters Aries
- 01:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:52 – 16:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:48 – 09:24 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. 05:20 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:07 – 21:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:45 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:26 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 13:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:01 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:07 – 20:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:36 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:01 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:27 – 06:55 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
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:44 Leo
- 06:44 – 09:12 Virgo
- 09:12 – 11:43 Libra
- 11:43 – 14:07 Scorpio
- 14:07 – 16:08 Sagittarius
- 16:08 – 17:41 Capricorn
- 17:41 – 18:56 Aquarius
- 18:56 – 20:09 Pisces
- 20:09 – 21:33 Aries
- 21:33 – 23:23 Taurus
- 23:23 – 01:40 next day Gemini
- 01:40 – 04:10 next day Cancer
- 04:10 – 06:40 next day Leo
- 06:40 – 06:55 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