Washington panchang, 20 October 2024
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 20:31 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
07:24 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam 15:36 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:58 – 18:20
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:20 to 07:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:41 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:57, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:36 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:20
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:41 – 12:28 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. 05:40 – 06:32
- 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 18:20 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:46 – 10:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:14 – 15:36 | Good |
| Rog | 15:36 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:36 | Good |
| Char | 21:36 – 23:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:14 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:31 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:47 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:41 Libra
- 09:41 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 18:07 Pisces
- 18:07 – 19:31 Aries
- 19:31 – 21:21 Taurus
- 21:21 – 23:39 Gemini
- 23:39 – 02:08 next day Cancer
- 02:08 – 04:38 next day Leo
- 04:38 – 07:06 next day Virgo
- 07:06 – 07:25 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