Washington panchang, 5 October 2024
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 09:53 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
07:09 to 18:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:02 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 15:49
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:42 to 07:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:20 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:38
- Karana Taitila until 09:12, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:49
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. 05:30 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:09 – 12:03
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:09 – 12:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:03 – 07:10 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:20 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:09 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:22 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:16 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:49 – 23:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:23 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:56 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:03 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:41 Leo
- 05:41 – 08:09 Virgo
- 08:09 – 10:40 Libra
- 10:40 – 13:04 Scorpio
- 13:04 – 15:05 Sagittarius
- 15:05 – 16:38 Capricorn
- 16:38 – 17:54 Aquarius
- 17:54 – 19:06 Pisces
- 19:06 – 20:30 Aries
- 20:30 – 22:20 Taurus
- 22:20 – 00:37 next day Gemini
- 00:37 – 03:07 next day Cancer
- 03:07 – 05:37 next day Leo
- 05:37 – 07:10 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