Washington panchang, 3 October 2024
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 07:52 Ashwin 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
07:07 to 18:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:07 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 11:00 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:23 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:39 – 16:26
- 17:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:45 to 07:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:45 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:36 Moon enters Libra
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 17:28
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:08 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 18:53
- Karana Bava until 17:28, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 17:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:36 Moon enters Libra
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:00 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:39 – 16:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:53 – 19:51 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. 05:28 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 21:14
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:07 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 12:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:56 – 14:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:23 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:18 – 18:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:18 – 21:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:51 – 23:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:24 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:57 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:49 Leo
- 05:49 – 08:17 Virgo
- 08:17 – 10:48 Libra
- 10:48 – 13:12 Scorpio
- 13:12 – 15:13 Sagittarius
- 15:13 – 16:46 Capricorn
- 16:46 – 18:01 Aquarius
- 18:01 – 19:14 Pisces
- 19:14 – 20:38 Aries
- 20:38 – 22:28 Taurus
- 22:28 – 00:45 next day Gemini
- 00:45 – 03:15 next day Cancer
- 03:15 – 05:45 next day Leo
- 05:45 – 07:08 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