Washington panchang, 12 July 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:32 Moonrise 12:19 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
05:54 to 20:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam 11:23 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:43
- Durmuhurta 13:43 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:53 – 18:42
- 06:38 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:44 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
20:32 to 05:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:32 – 22:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 05:36 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 19:44
- Karana Gara until 16:20, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:38 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:44 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:38 – 07:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:43 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:42
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. 04:39 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:32 – 22:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 06:38
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 11:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:23 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Char | 18:42 – 20:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:32 – 21:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:43 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:53 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:24 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 05:55 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:16 Gemini
- 06:16 – 08:46 Cancer
- 08:46 – 11:15 Leo
- 11:15 – 13:43 Virgo
- 13:43 – 16:14 Libra
- 16:14 – 18:39 Scorpio
- 18:39 – 20:40 Sagittarius
- 20:40 – 22:12 Capricorn
- 22:12 – 23:28 Aquarius
- 23:28 – 00:40 next day Pisces
- 00:40 – 02:05 next day Aries
- 02:05 – 03:54 next day Taurus
- 03:54 – 05:55 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