Washington panchang, 8 November 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 13:08 Kartika month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 16:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:41
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:26 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:58 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:26
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 20:08
- Karana Vanija until 13:26, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:41
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. 04:54 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 01:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Char | 15:41 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:41 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:46 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 04:56 Virgo
- 04:56 – 07:26 Libra
- 07:26 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 11:52 Sagittarius
- 11:52 – 13:24 Capricorn
- 13:24 – 14:40 Aquarius
- 14:40 – 15:53 Pisces
- 15:53 – 17:17 Aries
- 17:17 – 19:06 Taurus
- 19:06 – 21:24 Gemini
- 21:24 – 23:54 Cancer
- 23:54 – 02:23 next day Leo
- 02:23 – 04:52 next day Virgo
- 04:52 – 06:46 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 EST (UTC-5) · Method