Washington panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 21:12 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
06:28 to 19:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:51
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 07:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:52 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:37
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:30
- Karana Gara until 07:37, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 07:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:55 – 04:16 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:40 – 05:40 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. 05:04 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:52 – 22:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 07:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:08 Cancer
- 06:08 – 08:38 Leo
- 08:38 – 11:06 Virgo
- 11:06 – 13:37 Libra
- 13:37 – 16:01 Scorpio
- 16:01 – 18:02 Sagittarius
- 18:02 – 19:35 Capricorn
- 19:35 – 20:50 Aquarius
- 20:50 – 22:03 Pisces
- 22:03 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:17 next day Taurus
- 01:17 – 03:34 next day Gemini
- 03:34 – 06:04 next day Cancer
- 06:04 – 06:29 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