Washington panchang, 6 October 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 10:56 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
07:10 to 18:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 12:55 – 14:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:48 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam 17:14 – 18:41
- 08:03 Moon enters Scorpio
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:41 to 07:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:18 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 21:09
- Karana Vanija until 11:22, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:03 Moon enters Scorpio
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:14 – 18:41
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 14:41
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:41 – 07:11 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. 05:30 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 14:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 12:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:55 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:22 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:22 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:37 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:37 Leo
- 05:37 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:36 Libra
- 10:36 – 13:00 Scorpio
- 13:00 – 15:02 Sagittarius
- 15:02 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 17:50 Aquarius
- 17:50 – 19:02 Pisces
- 19:02 – 20:27 Aries
- 20:27 – 22:16 Taurus
- 22:16 – 00:34 next day Gemini
- 00:34 – 03:03 next day Cancer
- 03:03 – 05:33 next day Leo
- 05:33 – 07:11 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