Washington panchang, 4 October 2024
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 08:51 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
07:08 to 18:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 13:19 – 14:05
- Yamaganda 15:50 – 17:17
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:44 to 07:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:01 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 20:01
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 19:51
- Karana Kaulava until 20:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:19 – 14:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:51 – 21:03
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. 05:29 – 06:19
- 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 18:44 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:08 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:56 – 14:23 | Good |
| Rog | 14:23 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:44 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:17 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:50 – 23:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:23 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:56 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:45 Leo
- 05:45 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:44 Libra
- 10:44 – 13:08 Scorpio
- 13:08 – 15:09 Sagittarius
- 15:09 – 16:42 Capricorn
- 16:42 – 17:57 Aquarius
- 17:57 – 19:10 Pisces
- 19:10 – 20:34 Aries
- 20:34 – 22:24 Taurus
- 22:24 – 00:41 next day Gemini
- 00:41 – 03:11 next day Cancer
- 03:11 – 05:41 next day Leo
- 05:41 – 07:09 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