Washington panchang, 23 October 2024
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 23:38 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
07:27 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:13
- 14:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 15:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:16 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 15:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:45 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 20:21
- Karana Bava until 15:49, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 15:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:13
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. 05:42 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:27 – 15:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:12 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:34 – 23:13 | Good |
| Char | 23:13 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:49 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 06:59 Virgo
- 06:59 – 09:29 Libra
- 09:29 – 11:54 Scorpio
- 11:54 – 13:55 Sagittarius
- 13:55 – 15:27 Capricorn
- 15:27 – 16:43 Aquarius
- 16:43 – 17:55 Pisces
- 17:55 – 19:20 Aries
- 19:20 – 21:09 Taurus
- 21:09 – 23:27 Gemini
- 23:27 – 01:57 next day Cancer
- 01:57 – 04:26 next day Leo
- 04:26 – 06:55 next day Virgo
- 06:55 – 07:28 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