Washington panchang, 8 July 2024
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:34 Moonrise 08:18 Ashadha 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
05:52 to 20:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 11:22 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:42
- Durmuhurta 13:42 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:37
- 08:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
20:34 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:34 – 22:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:22 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:39
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 16:35
- Karana Taitila until 08:00, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:22 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:42 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:37
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. 04:37 – 05:14
- 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 20:34 – 22:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:22 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:32 – 11:22 | Good |
| Rog | 11:22 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:44 – 20:34 | Good |
| Char | 20:34 – 21:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:44 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:53 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:31 Gemini
- 06:31 – 09:01 Cancer
- 09:01 – 11:31 Leo
- 11:31 – 13:59 Virgo
- 13:59 – 16:30 Libra
- 16:30 – 18:54 Scorpio
- 18:54 – 20:55 Sagittarius
- 20:55 – 22:28 Capricorn
- 22:28 – 23:43 Aquarius
- 23:43 – 00:56 next day Pisces
- 00:56 – 02:20 next day Aries
- 02:20 – 04:10 next day Taurus
- 04:10 – 05:52 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