Washington panchang, 7 October 2024
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 12:00 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
07:11 to 18:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:03
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 13:18 – 14:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:21 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:36 – 16:21
- 13:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:39 to 07:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 21:20
- Karana Bava until 13:07, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:18 – 14:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:36 – 16:21
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. 05:31 – 06:21
- 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 18:39 – 21:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:11 – 16:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:55 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:55 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Char | 14:21 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:39 | Good |
| Char | 18:39 – 20:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:13 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:38 – 07:12 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 05:33 Leo
- 05:33 – 08:01 Virgo
- 08:01 – 10:32 Libra
- 10:32 – 12:56 Scorpio
- 12:56 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 16:30 Capricorn
- 16:30 – 17:46 Aquarius
- 17:46 – 18:58 Pisces
- 18:58 – 20:23 Aries
- 20:23 – 22:12 Taurus
- 22:12 – 00:30 next day Gemini
- 00:30 – 03:00 next day Cancer
- 03:00 – 05:29 next day Leo
- 05:29 – 07:12 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