Washington panchang, 31 August 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 03:56 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
06:37 to 19:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:21
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:22
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:37 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 18:11
- Nakshatra Pushya until 10:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 08:08
- Karana Vanija until 18:11, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:21
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:08 – 20:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:11 – 06:58 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. 05:10 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:11 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:15 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 18:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:00 – 19:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:37 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:00 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:29 Cancer
- 05:29 – 07:58 Leo
- 07:58 – 10:27 Virgo
- 10:27 – 12:57 Libra
- 12:57 – 15:22 Scorpio
- 15:22 – 17:23 Sagittarius
- 17:23 – 18:56 Capricorn
- 18:56 – 20:11 Aquarius
- 20:11 – 21:24 Pisces
- 21:24 – 22:48 Aries
- 22:48 – 00:38 next day Taurus
- 00:38 – 02:55 next day Gemini
- 02:55 – 05:25 next day Cancer
- 05:25 – 06:38 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