Washington panchang, 16 August 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 18:19 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
06:24 to 19:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:33
- Yamaganda 16:35 – 18:17
- 11:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:59 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:36
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 02:18 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 01:17 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:28, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:17
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. 05:01 – 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 19:59 – 22:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:48 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:28 Cancer
- 06:28 – 08:57 Leo
- 08:57 – 11:26 Virgo
- 11:26 – 13:56 Libra
- 13:56 – 16:21 Scorpio
- 16:21 – 18:22 Sagittarius
- 18:22 – 19:55 Capricorn
- 19:55 – 21:10 Aquarius
- 21:10 – 22:23 Pisces
- 22:23 – 23:47 Aries
- 23:47 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:54 next day Gemini
- 03:54 – 06:24 next day Cancer
- 06:24 – 06:25 next day Leo
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