Washington panchang, 11 October 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 15:33 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
07:15 to 18:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:02
- Yamaganda 15:43 – 17:08
- 14:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:33 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:33 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 01:29 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:16
- Karana Balava until 14:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:55 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:43 – 17:08
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. 05:33 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 21:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:55 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:55 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:54 – 14:19 | Good |
| Rog | 14:19 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:43 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:44 – 23:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:19 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:46 Virgo
- 07:46 – 10:16 Libra
- 10:16 – 12:41 Scorpio
- 12:41 – 14:42 Sagittarius
- 14:42 – 16:15 Capricorn
- 16:15 – 17:30 Aquarius
- 17:30 – 18:43 Pisces
- 18:43 – 20:07 Aries
- 20:07 – 21:56 Taurus
- 21:56 – 00:14 next day Gemini
- 00:14 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 05:13 next day Leo
- 05:13 – 07:16 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