Washington panchang, 18 August 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 19:45 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
06:26 to 19:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam 16:34 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta 18:08 – 19:02
- Rahu Kalam 18:15 – 19:56
- 07:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:35 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
19:56 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 17:35
- Nakshatra Shravana until 22:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 18:58
- Karana Gara until 07:01, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:35 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:08 – 19:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:15 – 19:56
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. 05:02 – 05:44
- 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 19:56 – 22:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 22:40
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:26 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:20 Cancer
- 06:20 – 08:49 Leo
- 08:49 – 11:18 Virgo
- 11:18 – 13:48 Libra
- 13:48 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:14 Sagittarius
- 18:14 – 19:47 Capricorn
- 19:47 – 21:02 Aquarius
- 21:02 – 22:15 Pisces
- 22:15 – 23:39 Aries
- 23:39 – 01:29 next day Taurus
- 01:29 – 03:46 next day Gemini
- 03:46 – 06:16 next day Cancer
- 06:16 – 06:27 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