Washington panchang, 20 July 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:27 Moonrise 20:31 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
06:00 to 20:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:51
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:37 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:27 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:27 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 16:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 14:37
- Karana Vanija until 08:30, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:37 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:57 Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:37 – 15:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:51
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. 04:44 – 05:22
- 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 20:27 – 22:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 16:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 08:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:49 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:25 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 21:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:39 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:51 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:44 Gemini
- 05:44 – 08:14 Cancer
- 08:14 – 10:43 Leo
- 10:43 – 13:12 Virgo
- 13:12 – 15:43 Libra
- 15:43 – 18:07 Scorpio
- 18:07 – 20:08 Sagittarius
- 20:08 – 21:41 Capricorn
- 21:41 – 22:56 Aquarius
- 22:56 – 00:09 next day Pisces
- 00:09 – 01:33 next day Aries
- 01:33 – 03:23 next day Taurus
- 03:23 – 05:40 next day Gemini
- 05:40 – 06:01 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