Washington panchang, 19 October 2024
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 19:43 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
07:23 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:15 – 15:37
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:22 to 07:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:01 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:41 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:01 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 08:11
- Karana Vanija until 10:44, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:01 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:41 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:11 – 04:41 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:37
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. 05:39 – 06:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:16 – 07:24 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 23:01 – 07:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:01 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:08 | Good |
| Rog | 10:08 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Char | 12:52 – 14:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:15 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:37 – 23:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:15 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:31 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:24 next day | Good |
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
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 07:14 Virgo
- 07:14 – 09:45 Libra
- 09:45 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:10 Sagittarius
- 14:10 – 15:43 Capricorn
- 15:43 – 16:59 Aquarius
- 16:59 – 18:11 Pisces
- 18:11 – 19:35 Aries
- 19:35 – 21:25 Taurus
- 21:25 – 23:42 Gemini
- 23:42 – 02:12 next day Cancer
- 02:12 – 04:42 next day Leo
- 04:42 – 07:10 next day Virgo
- 07:10 – 07:24 next day Libra
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