Washington panchang, 19 August 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 20:17 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
06:27 to 19:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:13
- 09:29 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:16 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
19:55 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:55 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:25
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 15:16
- Karana Bava until 14:25, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:29 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:16 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:33
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:16 – 17:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:13
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. 05:03 – 05:45
- 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 19:55 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:55 | Good |
| Char | 19:55 – 21:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:16 Cancer
- 06:16 – 08:45 Leo
- 08:45 – 11:14 Virgo
- 11:14 – 13:45 Libra
- 13:45 – 16:09 Scorpio
- 16:09 – 18:10 Sagittarius
- 18:10 – 19:43 Capricorn
- 19:43 – 20:58 Aquarius
- 20:58 – 22:11 Pisces
- 22:11 – 23:35 Aries
- 23:35 – 01:25 next day Taurus
- 01:25 – 03:42 next day Gemini
- 03:42 – 06:12 next day Cancer
- 06:12 – 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