Washington panchang, 24 September 2024
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 23:40 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
06:59 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:59 – 14:29
- Rahu Kalam 15:59 – 17:29
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:59 to 07:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:41 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Balava until 14:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:59 – 17:29
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 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:59 – 02:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:29 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 12:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:59 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:29 | Good |
| Rog | 17:29 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:29 – 21:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:59 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:30 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:24 Leo
- 06:24 – 08:53 Virgo
- 08:53 – 11:23 Libra
- 11:23 – 13:48 Scorpio
- 13:48 – 15:49 Sagittarius
- 15:49 – 17:21 Capricorn
- 17:21 – 18:37 Aquarius
- 18:37 – 19:49 Pisces
- 19:49 – 21:14 Aries
- 21:14 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:21 next day Gemini
- 01:21 – 03:51 next day Cancer
- 03:51 – 06:20 next day Leo
- 06:20 – 07:00 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