Washington panchang, 31 October 2024
Sunrise 07:36 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 06:44 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
07:36 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:10 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:00
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:06 to 07:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Karana becomes Naga
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:47 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:14 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 01:10 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 19:37, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:37 Karana becomes Naga
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:00
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. 05:48 – 06:42
- 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 18:06 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:36 – 07:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:36 – 08:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Char | 11:32 – 12:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:51 – 14:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:10 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:29 – 23:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:10 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:52 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:37 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
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 06:27 Virgo
- 06:27 – 08:58 Libra
- 08:58 – 11:22 Scorpio
- 11:22 – 13:23 Sagittarius
- 13:23 – 14:56 Capricorn
- 14:56 – 16:11 Aquarius
- 16:11 – 17:24 Pisces
- 17:24 – 18:48 Aries
- 18:48 – 20:38 Taurus
- 20:38 – 22:55 Gemini
- 22:55 – 01:25 next day Cancer
- 01:25 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 06:23 next day Virgo
- 06:23 – 07:37 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