Washington panchang, 26 October 2024
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 01:48 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
07:30 to 18:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 07:30 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:12 – 15:32
Night
18:12 to 07:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:27 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 19:54
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:54 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 20:27
- Karana Vishti until 19:54, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:27 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:49 – 19:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:30 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:48 – 20:03
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. 05:44 – 06:37
- 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 18:12 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:30 – 08:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:11 | Good |
| Rog | 10:11 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:31 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Char | 12:51 – 14:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:12 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 23:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:12 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:31 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
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:47 Virgo
- 06:47 – 09:17 Libra
- 09:17 – 11:42 Scorpio
- 11:42 – 13:43 Sagittarius
- 13:43 – 15:16 Capricorn
- 15:16 – 16:31 Aquarius
- 16:31 – 17:44 Pisces
- 17:44 – 19:08 Aries
- 19:08 – 20:57 Taurus
- 20:57 – 23:15 Gemini
- 23:15 – 01:45 next day Cancer
- 01:45 – 04:14 next day Leo
- 04:14 – 06:43 next day Virgo
- 06:43 – 07:31 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