Washington panchang, 10 August 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 12:07 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 20:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:46 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:40
- 06:48 Moon enters Libra
- 07:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:07 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 06:18 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 06:18 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 07:01, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:48 Moon enters Libra
- 07:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 06:18 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 20:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:02 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:55 – 04:09 next day
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. 04:57 – 05:38
- 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 20:07 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:18 – 06:19 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:18 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:46 | Good |
| Rog | 09:46 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:52 Cancer
- 06:52 – 09:21 Leo
- 09:21 – 11:49 Virgo
- 11:49 – 14:20 Libra
- 14:20 – 16:44 Scorpio
- 16:44 – 18:46 Sagittarius
- 18:46 – 20:18 Capricorn
- 20:18 – 21:34 Aquarius
- 21:34 – 22:46 Pisces
- 22:46 – 00:11 next day Aries
- 00:11 – 02:00 next day Taurus
- 02:00 – 04:18 next day Gemini
- 04:18 – 06:19 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