Washington panchang, 28 October 2024
Sunrise 07:32 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 03:48 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
07:32 to 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 11:31 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 13:12 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:11 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:02
- 11:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:40 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:10 to 07:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:02 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:03 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 22:17
- Karana Kaulava until 11:40, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:40 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:12 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:17 – 23:21 next day
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 – 06:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:32 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:31 | Good |
| Rog | 11:31 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 23:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:11 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:53 – 07:33 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
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 06:39 Virgo
- 06:39 – 09:09 Libra
- 09:09 – 11:34 Scorpio
- 11:34 – 13:35 Sagittarius
- 13:35 – 15:08 Capricorn
- 15:08 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 17:36 Pisces
- 17:36 – 19:00 Aries
- 19:00 – 20:50 Taurus
- 20:50 – 23:07 Gemini
- 23:07 – 01:37 next day Cancer
- 01:37 – 04:06 next day Leo
- 04:06 – 06:35 next day Virgo
- 06:35 – 07:33 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