Washington panchang, 14 October 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 17:08 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
07:18 to 18:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:17 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:30 – 16:14
- 07:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:29 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:29 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 07:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:12
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 08:30
- Karana Bava until 07:45, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 07:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:30 – 16:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:40 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:43 – 14:36
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. 05:35 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 21:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:53 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Char | 14:17 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:29 | Good |
| Char | 18:29 – 20:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:05 – 21:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:41 – 23:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:17 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:43 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:34 Virgo
- 07:34 – 10:04 Libra
- 10:04 – 12:29 Scorpio
- 12:29 – 14:30 Sagittarius
- 14:30 – 16:03 Capricorn
- 16:03 – 17:18 Aquarius
- 17:18 – 18:31 Pisces
- 18:31 – 19:55 Aries
- 19:55 – 21:45 Taurus
- 21:45 – 00:02 next day Gemini
- 00:02 – 02:32 next day Cancer
- 02:32 – 05:01 next day Leo
- 05:01 – 07:19 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