Washington panchang, 9 August 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 11:08 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
06:18 to 20:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:36
- Yamaganda 16:40 – 18:24
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:08 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:44
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 05:21 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:24
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 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:08 – 22:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:14 – 06:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:44 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:45 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Char | 18:24 – 20:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:46 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:55 Cancer
- 06:55 – 09:25 Leo
- 09:25 – 11:53 Virgo
- 11:53 – 14:24 Libra
- 14:24 – 16:48 Scorpio
- 16:48 – 18:50 Sagittarius
- 18:50 – 20:22 Capricorn
- 20:22 – 21:38 Aquarius
- 21:38 – 22:50 Pisces
- 22:50 – 00:15 next day Aries
- 00:15 – 02:04 next day Taurus
- 02:04 – 04:22 next day Gemini
- 04:22 – 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