Washington panchang, 28 September 2024
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 02:53 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
07:02 to 18:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:55
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:07 Moon enters Leo
- 18:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:53 to 07:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 07:18 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 14:20
- Karana Kaulava until 18:16, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:07 Moon enters Leo
- 18:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:55
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. 05:25 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Char | 12:58 – 14:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:27 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:24 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:24 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:56 – 23:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:27 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:03 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
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:08 Leo
- 06:08 – 08:37 Virgo
- 08:37 – 11:07 Libra
- 11:07 – 13:32 Scorpio
- 13:32 – 15:33 Sagittarius
- 15:33 – 17:06 Capricorn
- 17:06 – 18:21 Aquarius
- 18:21 – 19:34 Pisces
- 19:34 – 20:58 Aries
- 20:58 – 22:48 Taurus
- 22:48 – 01:05 next day Gemini
- 01:05 – 03:35 next day Cancer
- 03:35 – 06:04 next day Leo
- 06:04 – 07:03 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