Washington panchang, 7 August 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 09:11 Shravana 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
06:16 to 20:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:57
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:45 Moon enters Virgo
Night
20:10 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:36
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 03:08 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:45 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:57
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:10 – 22:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:00 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:26 – 20:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 07:03 Cancer
- 07:03 – 09:33 Leo
- 09:33 – 12:01 Virgo
- 12:01 – 14:32 Libra
- 14:32 – 16:56 Scorpio
- 16:56 – 18:57 Sagittarius
- 18:57 – 20:30 Capricorn
- 20:30 – 21:46 Aquarius
- 21:46 – 22:58 Pisces
- 22:58 – 00:22 next day Aries
- 00:22 – 02:12 next day Taurus
- 02:12 – 04:29 next day Gemini
- 04:29 – 06:17 next day Cancer
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