Washington panchang, 1 August 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 20:17 Moonrise 02:53 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
06:10 to 20:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:10 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 10:53 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:28
- 17:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:17 to 06:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:17 – 22:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:57 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 02:15 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:55, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 17:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:53 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:15 – 03:27 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 01:28 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. 04:51 – 05:31
- 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 20:17 – 22:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:28 – 06:11 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:28 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:10 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:42 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:45 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 20:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:17 – 21:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:31 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 04:57 Gemini
- 04:57 – 07:27 Cancer
- 07:27 – 09:56 Leo
- 09:56 – 12:25 Virgo
- 12:25 – 14:55 Libra
- 14:55 – 17:20 Scorpio
- 17:20 – 19:21 Sagittarius
- 19:21 – 20:54 Capricorn
- 20:54 – 22:09 Aquarius
- 22:09 – 23:22 Pisces
- 23:22 – 00:46 next day Aries
- 00:46 – 02:36 next day Taurus
- 02:36 – 04:53 next day Gemini
- 04:53 – 06:11 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