Washington panchang, 17 August 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 19:06 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
06:25 to 19:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:25 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:35
- 07:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:58 to 06:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:44 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 22:20
- Karana Kaulava until 09:33, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:35
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:21 – 06:26 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:44 – 06:26 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:44 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:25 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:07 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:24 Cancer
- 06:24 – 08:53 Leo
- 08:53 – 11:22 Virgo
- 11:22 – 13:52 Libra
- 13:52 – 16:17 Scorpio
- 16:17 – 18:18 Sagittarius
- 18:18 – 19:51 Capricorn
- 19:51 – 21:06 Aquarius
- 21:06 – 22:19 Pisces
- 22:19 – 23:43 Aries
- 23:43 – 01:33 next day Taurus
- 01:33 – 03:50 next day Gemini
- 03:50 – 06:20 next day Cancer
- 06:20 – 06:26 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