Washington panchang, 20 August 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 20:46 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 19:54- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 10:02
- Yamaganda 09:49 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:51
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 18:13
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:54 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 11:03
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:25
- Karana Kaulava until 11:03, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:20 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:13
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 17:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:39 – 06:28 next day
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 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:54 – 22:01
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:27 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:08 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Char | 09:49 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:13 | Good |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:12 Cancer
- 06:12 – 08:42 Leo
- 08:42 – 11:10 Virgo
- 11:10 – 13:41 Libra
- 13:41 – 16:05 Scorpio
- 16:05 – 18:06 Sagittarius
- 18:06 – 19:39 Capricorn
- 19:39 – 20:54 Aquarius
- 20:54 – 22:07 Pisces
- 22:07 – 23:31 Aries
- 23:31 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:38 next day Gemini
- 03:38 – 06:08 next day Cancer
- 06:08 – 06:28 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