Washington panchang, 25 September 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:58 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
07:00 to 18:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:59 – 14:29
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:58 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:56 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 14:47
- Karana Taitila until 14:43, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:29
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:47 – 02:29 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. 05:24 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:58 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 12:59 | Good |
| Rog | 12:59 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:28 – 18:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:28 – 21:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:59 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:20 Leo
- 06:20 – 08:49 Virgo
- 08:49 – 11:19 Libra
- 11:19 – 13:44 Scorpio
- 13:44 – 15:45 Sagittarius
- 15:45 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 18:33 Aquarius
- 18:33 – 19:46 Pisces
- 19:46 – 21:10 Aries
- 21:10 – 22:59 Taurus
- 22:59 – 01:17 next day Gemini
- 01:17 – 03:47 next day Cancer
- 03:47 – 06:16 next day Leo
- 06:16 – 07:01 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