Washington panchang, 21 October 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 21:28 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
07:25 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:08
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 13:14 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 14:14 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:24 – 16:08
- 08:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:19 to 07:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:59
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:21 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 23:15
- Karana Taitila until 16:59, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:14 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:24 – 16:08
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:59 – 20:21
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 – 06:33
- 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 18:19 – 20:56
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:25 – 16:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:21 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Char | 14:14 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:36 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:14 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:31 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:48 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:06 Virgo
- 07:06 – 09:37 Libra
- 09:37 – 12:01 Scorpio
- 12:01 – 14:03 Sagittarius
- 14:03 – 15:35 Capricorn
- 15:35 – 16:51 Aquarius
- 16:51 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:28 Aries
- 19:28 – 21:17 Taurus
- 21:17 – 23:35 Gemini
- 23:35 – 02:05 next day Cancer
- 02:05 – 04:34 next day Leo
- 04:34 – 07:02 next day Virgo
- 07:02 – 07:26 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