Washington panchang, 26 August 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 23:56 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
06:33 to 19:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:12 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:07
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:45 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 16:50
- Nakshatra Rohini until 06:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:46
- Karana Kaulava until 16:50, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:07
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. 05:07 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 21:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 06:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:08 – 06:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:12 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:51 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:45 | Good |
| Char | 19:45 – 21:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:09 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:13 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:49 Cancer
- 05:49 – 08:18 Leo
- 08:18 – 10:47 Virgo
- 10:47 – 13:17 Libra
- 13:17 – 15:42 Scorpio
- 15:42 – 17:43 Sagittarius
- 17:43 – 19:15 Capricorn
- 19:15 – 20:31 Aquarius
- 20:31 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 23:08 Aries
- 23:08 – 00:57 next day Taurus
- 00:57 – 03:15 next day Gemini
- 03:15 – 05:45 next day Cancer
- 05:45 – 06:34 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