Washington panchang, 9 November 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 13:40 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
06:46 to 16:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:24
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:57 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
16:57 to 06:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:15
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:29 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 17:53
- Karana Bava until 12:15, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:24
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:05 – 12:05
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. 04:55 – 05:50
- 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 16:57 – 19:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:15 – 06:47 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:29 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Char | 11:51 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:24 – 15:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:41 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:24 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:47 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
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 07:22 Libra
- 07:22 – 09:47 Scorpio
- 09:47 – 11:48 Sagittarius
- 11:48 – 13:21 Capricorn
- 13:21 – 14:36 Aquarius
- 14:36 – 15:49 Pisces
- 15:49 – 17:13 Aries
- 17:13 – 19:02 Taurus
- 19:02 – 21:20 Gemini
- 21:20 – 23:50 Cancer
- 23:50 – 02:19 next day Leo
- 02:19 – 04:48 next day Virgo
- 04:48 – 06:47 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