Washington panchang, 5 July 2024
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 20:35 Moonrise 05:02 Jyeshtha 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
05:50 to 20:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam 11:22 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:42
- Durmuhurta 13:42 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:54 – 18:44
- 07:09 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:36 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
20:35 to 05:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:35 – 22:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:57
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:36 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:18
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:09, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:09 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:36 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:42 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:18 – 21:54
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. 04:36 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:35 – 22:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:36 – 05:50 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:57 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:50 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 11:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:22 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Char | 18:44 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 21:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:44 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:54 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:22 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:43 Gemini
- 06:43 – 09:13 Cancer
- 09:13 – 11:42 Leo
- 11:42 – 14:11 Virgo
- 14:11 – 16:41 Libra
- 16:41 – 19:06 Scorpio
- 19:06 – 21:07 Sagittarius
- 21:07 – 22:40 Capricorn
- 22:40 – 23:55 Aquarius
- 23:55 – 01:08 next day Pisces
- 01:08 – 02:32 next day Aries
- 02:32 – 04:22 next day Taurus
- 04:22 – 05:50 next day Gemini
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