Washington panchang, 29 July 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 20:20 Moonrise 00:36 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
06:08 to 20:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 11:27 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Durmuhurta 13:42 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:30
- 07:15 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:20 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:20 – 22:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:26
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:53 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 08:24
- Karana Gara until 08:26, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:15 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:42 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:30
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. 04:50 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:20 – 22:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:53 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:41 – 11:27 | Good |
| Rog | 11:27 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:20 | Good |
| Char | 20:20 – 21:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:34 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:41 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:09 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:09 Gemini
- 05:09 – 07:39 Cancer
- 07:39 – 10:08 Leo
- 10:08 – 12:37 Virgo
- 12:37 – 15:07 Libra
- 15:07 – 17:32 Scorpio
- 17:32 – 19:33 Sagittarius
- 19:33 – 21:06 Capricorn
- 21:06 – 22:21 Aquarius
- 22:21 – 23:34 Pisces
- 23:34 – 00:58 next day Aries
- 00:58 – 02:47 next day Taurus
- 02:47 – 05:05 next day Gemini
- 05:05 – 06:09 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