Washington panchang, 28 August 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 00:48 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
06:35 to 19:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:47
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:42 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:09 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 09:41
- Karana Vishti until 15:50, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:47
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. 05:08 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:42 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:41 Cancer
- 05:41 – 08:10 Leo
- 08:10 – 10:39 Virgo
- 10:39 – 13:09 Libra
- 13:09 – 15:34 Scorpio
- 15:34 – 17:35 Sagittarius
- 17:35 – 19:08 Capricorn
- 19:08 – 20:23 Aquarius
- 20:23 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 23:00 Aries
- 23:00 – 00:49 next day Taurus
- 00:49 – 03:07 next day Gemini
- 03:07 – 05:37 next day Cancer
- 05:37 – 06:36 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