Washington panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 18:01 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
07:20 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:16
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:26 to 07:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:50 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:47 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:26
- Karana Vanija until 11:11, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:50 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:11 – 21:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:16
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:47 – 06:50 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 07:21 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. 05:37 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:26 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:20 – 09:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:16 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:40 – 23:16 | Good |
| Char | 23:16 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:57 Libra
- 09:57 – 12:21 Scorpio
- 12:21 – 14:22 Sagittarius
- 14:22 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:10 Aquarius
- 17:10 – 18:23 Pisces
- 18:23 – 19:47 Aries
- 19:47 – 21:37 Taurus
- 21:37 – 23:54 Gemini
- 23:54 – 02:24 next day Cancer
- 02:24 – 04:54 next day Leo
- 04:54 – 07:21 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