Washington panchang, 22 August 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 21:38 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
06:29 to 19:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam 09:50 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:56 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:10
- 12:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:51 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 12:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 00:01 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:40, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:56 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:10
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:01 – 02:25 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 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:51 – 21:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:35 – 06:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:09 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:09 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:50 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:11 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:04 Cancer
- 06:04 – 08:34 Leo
- 08:34 – 11:02 Virgo
- 11:02 – 13:33 Libra
- 13:33 – 15:57 Scorpio
- 15:57 – 17:58 Sagittarius
- 17:58 – 19:31 Capricorn
- 19:31 – 20:47 Aquarius
- 20:47 – 21:59 Pisces
- 21:59 – 23:23 Aries
- 23:23 – 01:13 next day Taurus
- 01:13 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 06:00 next day Cancer
- 06:00 – 06:30 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