Washington panchang, 19 July 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:28 Moonrise 19:39 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
05:59 to 20:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 11:25 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Durmuhurta 13:43 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:51 – 18:40
- 10:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
20:28 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:28 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:11
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 17:10
- Karana Taitila until 10:11, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:43 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:10 – 14:37 next day
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. 04:43 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:28 – 22:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 13:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:25 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 11:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:25 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Char | 18:40 – 20:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:28 – 21:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:40 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:48 Gemini
- 05:48 – 08:18 Cancer
- 08:18 – 10:47 Leo
- 10:47 – 13:16 Virgo
- 13:16 – 15:46 Libra
- 15:46 – 18:11 Scorpio
- 18:11 – 20:12 Sagittarius
- 20:12 – 21:45 Capricorn
- 21:45 – 23:00 Aquarius
- 23:00 – 00:13 next day Pisces
- 00:13 – 01:37 next day Aries
- 01:37 – 03:27 next day Taurus
- 03:27 – 05:44 next day Gemini
- 05:44 – 06:00 next day Cancer
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