Washington panchang, 15 October 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:34 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
07:19 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:17
- Yamaganda 10:06 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 12:53 – 14:17
- Rahu Kalam 15:40 – 17:04
- 12:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:27 to 07:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:49
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:39 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:49, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:39 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:39 – 04:15 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:19 – 12:38
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. 05:36 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 21:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 14:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:38 – 07:20 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:38 – 07:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:38 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:42 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 12:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:53 – 14:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:17 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:40 – 17:04 | Good |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:04 – 21:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:40 – 23:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:17 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 04:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:07 – 05:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:43 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:30 Virgo
- 07:30 – 10:00 Libra
- 10:00 – 12:25 Scorpio
- 12:25 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 15:59 Capricorn
- 15:59 – 17:14 Aquarius
- 17:14 – 18:27 Pisces
- 18:27 – 19:51 Aries
- 19:51 – 21:41 Taurus
- 21:41 – 23:58 Gemini
- 23:58 – 02:28 next day Cancer
- 02:28 – 04:57 next day Leo
- 04:57 – 07:20 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