Washington panchang, 24 August 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 22:37 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
06:31 to 19:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:29
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 09:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
19:48 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:01
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 08:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 17:36
- Karana Gara until 09:08, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 09:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:29
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. 05:06 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 21:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:35 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:11 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 18:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:08 – 19:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 23:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:49 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:56 Cancer
- 05:56 – 08:26 Leo
- 08:26 – 10:54 Virgo
- 10:54 – 13:25 Libra
- 13:25 – 15:49 Scorpio
- 15:49 – 17:51 Sagittarius
- 17:51 – 19:23 Capricorn
- 19:23 – 20:39 Aquarius
- 20:39 – 21:51 Pisces
- 21:51 – 23:16 Aries
- 23:16 – 01:05 next day Taurus
- 01:05 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 05:53 next day Cancer
- 05:53 – 06:32 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