Washington panchang, 12 August 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 14:11 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
06:20 to 20:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:35
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:19
- 06:55 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
20:04 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:04 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:01 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:14 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 06:55
- Karana Vishti until 11:18, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:55 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:19
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 20:04 – 22:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:14 – 06:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:14 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 20:04 | Good |
| Char | 20:04 – 21:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:44 Cancer
- 06:44 – 09:13 Leo
- 09:13 – 11:42 Virgo
- 11:42 – 14:12 Libra
- 14:12 – 16:37 Scorpio
- 16:37 – 18:38 Sagittarius
- 18:38 – 20:10 Capricorn
- 20:10 – 21:26 Aquarius
- 21:26 – 22:39 Pisces
- 22:39 – 00:03 next day Aries
- 00:03 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 04:10 next day Gemini
- 04:10 – 06:21 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