Washington panchang, 30 August 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 02:51 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
06:36 to 19:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:13 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:26
- Yamaganda 16:23 – 18:01
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:55 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:39 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 16:55
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 08:25 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:16
- Karana Taitila until 16:55, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:47 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:13 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 18:01
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:25 – 06:37 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. 05:09 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 08:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:08 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:23 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:33 Cancer
- 05:33 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 10:31 Virgo
- 10:31 – 13:01 Libra
- 13:01 – 15:26 Scorpio
- 15:26 – 17:27 Sagittarius
- 17:27 – 19:00 Capricorn
- 19:00 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 21:28 Pisces
- 21:28 – 22:52 Aries
- 22:52 – 00:42 next day Taurus
- 00:42 – 02:59 next day Gemini
- 02:59 – 05:29 next day Cancer
- 05:29 – 06:37 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