Washington panchang, 20 September 2024
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:06 Moonrise 20:35 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
06:55 to 19:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:10
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 13:25 – 14:14
- Yamaganda 16:03 – 17:34
- 11:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 11:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
19:06 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:06 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 11:45
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 02:06 next day
- Karana Vishti until 11:45, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 11:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:25 – 14:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:34
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. 05:21 – 06:08
- 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 19:06 – 21:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:55 – 17:12
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:55 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Char | 17:34 – 19:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:06 – 20:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:35 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:03 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 06:56 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
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:40 Leo
- 06:40 – 09:08 Virgo
- 09:08 – 11:39 Libra
- 11:39 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:04 Sagittarius
- 16:04 – 17:37 Capricorn
- 17:37 – 18:53 Aquarius
- 18:53 – 20:05 Pisces
- 20:05 – 21:29 Aries
- 21:29 – 23:19 Taurus
- 23:19 – 01:36 next day Gemini
- 01:36 – 04:06 next day Cancer
- 04:06 – 06:36 next day Leo
- 06:36 – 06:56 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