Washington panchang, 14 July 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:31 Moonrise 14:18 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
05:56 to 20:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 15:03
- Gulika Kalam 16:52 – 18:42
- Durmuhurta 18:34 – 19:33
- Rahu Kalam 18:42 – 20:31
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
20:31 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:31 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:29 Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 07:56
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 21:29
- Karana Bava until 07:56, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 20:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:29 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 15:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:52 – 18:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:34 – 19:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:42 – 20:31
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. 04:40 – 05:18
- 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 20:31 – 22:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:36 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 11:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:24 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:52 | Good |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 21:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:42 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:24 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:08 Gemini
- 06:08 – 08:38 Cancer
- 08:38 – 11:07 Leo
- 11:07 – 13:36 Virgo
- 13:36 – 16:06 Libra
- 16:06 – 18:31 Scorpio
- 18:31 – 20:32 Sagittarius
- 20:32 – 22:04 Capricorn
- 22:04 – 23:20 Aquarius
- 23:20 – 00:33 next day Pisces
- 00:33 – 01:57 next day Aries
- 01:57 – 03:46 next day Taurus
- 03:46 – 05:56 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