Washington panchang, 10 July 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:33 Moonrise 10:22 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
05:53 to 20:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 15:03
- 11:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
20:33 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:33 – 22:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:34 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:39
- Karana Bava until 11:25, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
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) 16:56 – 17:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 15:03
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. 04:38 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:33 – 22:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:34 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:43 – 20:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:33 – 21:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:43 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:23 Gemini
- 06:23 – 08:53 Cancer
- 08:53 – 11:23 Leo
- 11:23 – 13:51 Virgo
- 13:51 – 16:22 Libra
- 16:22 – 18:46 Scorpio
- 18:46 – 20:48 Sagittarius
- 20:48 – 22:20 Capricorn
- 22:20 – 23:36 Aquarius
- 23:36 – 00:48 next day Pisces
- 00:48 – 02:13 next day Aries
- 02:13 – 04:02 next day Taurus
- 04:02 – 05:54 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