Washington panchang, 27 October 2024
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 02:49 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
07:31 to 18:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 12:51 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:46 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:11
- 09:05 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:11 to 07:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:21
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 05:53 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 21:17
- Karana Bava until 09:05, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:46 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:11
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. 05:45 – 06:38
- 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 18:11 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 07:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:31 – 08:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:51 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:31 – 12:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:51 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:11 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 23:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:32 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
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 06:43 Virgo
- 06:43 – 09:13 Libra
- 09:13 – 11:38 Scorpio
- 11:38 – 13:39 Sagittarius
- 13:39 – 15:12 Capricorn
- 15:12 – 16:27 Aquarius
- 16:27 – 17:40 Pisces
- 17:40 – 19:04 Aries
- 19:04 – 20:54 Taurus
- 20:54 – 23:11 Gemini
- 23:11 – 01:41 next day Cancer
- 01:41 – 04:10 next day Leo
- 04:10 – 06:39 next day Virgo
- 06:39 – 07:32 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