Washington panchang, 1 October 2024
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 05:55 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
07:05 to 18:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:13
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 12:57 – 14:25
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:20
- 12:09 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:09 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:48 to 07:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 12:09
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 02:52 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 16:47
- Karana Shakuni until 12:09, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:09 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:09 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:05 – 07:13
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. 05:27 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:16
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:05 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 12:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:57 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:53 – 17:20 | Good |
| Rog | 17:20 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:21 – 21:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:53 – 23:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:25 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:57 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:29 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 05:56 Leo
- 05:56 – 08:25 Virgo
- 08:25 – 10:55 Libra
- 10:55 – 13:20 Scorpio
- 13:20 – 15:21 Sagittarius
- 15:21 – 16:54 Capricorn
- 16:54 – 18:09 Aquarius
- 18:09 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 20:46 Aries
- 20:46 – 22:36 Taurus
- 22:36 – 00:53 next day Gemini
- 00:53 – 03:23 next day Cancer
- 03:23 – 05:52 next day Leo
- 05:52 – 07:06 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