Washington panchang, 24 October 2024
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 18:15 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
07:28 to 18:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta 11:04 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:12 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:22 – 16:06
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:28 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:15 to 07:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 22:10 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 16:28
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:52
- Karana Kaulava until 16:28, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 22:10 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:04 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:22 – 16:06
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:28 – 22:10
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 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:15 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:28 – 16:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 22:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:10 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Char | 11:31 – 12:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:51 – 14:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:12 – 15:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:33 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:33 – 23:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:13 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:29 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
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 06:55 Virgo
- 06:55 – 09:25 Libra
- 09:25 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 13:51 Sagittarius
- 13:51 – 15:23 Capricorn
- 15:23 – 16:39 Aquarius
- 16:39 – 17:51 Pisces
- 17:51 – 19:16 Aries
- 19:16 – 21:05 Taurus
- 21:05 – 23:23 Gemini
- 23:23 – 01:53 next day Cancer
- 01:53 – 04:22 next day Leo
- 04:22 – 06:51 next day Virgo
- 06:51 – 07:29 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