Washington panchang, 8 August 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 10:09 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
06:17 to 20:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:45 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 10:54 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:23
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:09 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 04:15 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:07, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:54 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:23
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:17 – 14:04
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. 04:56 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:09 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 14:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:07 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:45 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 20:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:25 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:59 Cancer
- 06:59 – 09:29 Leo
- 09:29 – 11:57 Virgo
- 11:57 – 14:28 Libra
- 14:28 – 16:52 Scorpio
- 16:52 – 18:54 Sagittarius
- 18:54 – 20:26 Capricorn
- 20:26 – 21:42 Aquarius
- 21:42 – 22:54 Pisces
- 22:54 – 00:19 next day Aries
- 00:19 – 02:08 next day Taurus
- 02:08 – 04:26 next day Gemini
- 04:26 – 06:18 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