Washington panchang, 15 August 2024
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 17:24 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
06:23 to 20:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:23 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:47 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:55 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:17
- 12:39 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:00 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:41 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 00:10 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 03:13 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:41 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:39, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:41 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:35 – 05:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:28 – 06:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:55 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:17
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. 05:00 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:05
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:23 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:47 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 20:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:18 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:32 Cancer
- 06:32 – 09:01 Leo
- 09:01 – 11:30 Virgo
- 11:30 – 14:00 Libra
- 14:00 – 16:25 Scorpio
- 16:25 – 18:26 Sagittarius
- 18:26 – 19:59 Capricorn
- 19:59 – 21:14 Aquarius
- 21:14 – 22:27 Pisces
- 22:27 – 23:51 Aries
- 23:51 – 01:41 next day Taurus
- 01:41 – 03:58 next day Gemini
- 03:58 – 06:24 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