Washington panchang, 11 August 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 13:08 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
06:19 to 20:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:56
- Gulika Kalam 16:39 – 18:22
- Durmuhurta 18:15 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam 18:22 – 20:06
- 09:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:06 to 06:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:25
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 06:55 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:24, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:15 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:22 – 20:06
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:03 – 06:20 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. 04:58 – 05:39
- 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 20:06 – 22:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:03 – 09:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:46 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:48 Cancer
- 06:48 – 09:17 Leo
- 09:17 – 11:46 Virgo
- 11:46 – 14:16 Libra
- 14:16 – 16:41 Scorpio
- 16:41 – 18:42 Sagittarius
- 18:42 – 20:14 Capricorn
- 20:14 – 21:30 Aquarius
- 21:30 – 22:42 Pisces
- 22:42 – 00:07 next day Aries
- 00:07 – 01:56 next day Taurus
- 01:56 – 04:14 next day Gemini
- 04:14 – 06:20 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