Washington panchang, 23 September 2024
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 22:42 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
06:58 to 19:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 13:24 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:36
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
19:01 to 06:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:39
- Karana Vishti until 15:39, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:25 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:24 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:39 – 15:56 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. 05:23 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:01 – 21:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:58 – 12:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:58 – 12:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 12:37 – 06:59 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 06:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:28 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:31 – 19:01 | Good |
| Char | 19:01 – 20:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:31 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:00 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:29 – 06:59 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
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:28 Leo
- 06:28 – 08:56 Virgo
- 08:56 – 11:27 Libra
- 11:27 – 13:51 Scorpio
- 13:51 – 15:53 Sagittarius
- 15:53 – 17:25 Capricorn
- 17:25 – 18:41 Aquarius
- 18:41 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 21:18 Aries
- 21:18 – 23:07 Taurus
- 23:07 – 01:25 next day Gemini
- 01:25 – 03:55 next day Cancer
- 03:55 – 06:24 next day Leo
- 06:24 – 06:59 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