Washington panchang, 2 August 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 03:55 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
06:11 to 20:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam 11:28 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Durmuhurta 13:42 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:45 – 18:30
- 18:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:11 Moon enters Cancer
Night
20:16 to 06:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:29 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 01:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:05, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 18:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:11 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:42 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:30
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:29 – 06:12 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. 04:52 – 05:32
- 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 20:16 – 22:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 02:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:42 – 11:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:28 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Char | 18:30 – 20:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:16 – 21:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 04:53 Gemini
- 04:53 – 07:23 Cancer
- 07:23 – 09:52 Leo
- 09:52 – 12:21 Virgo
- 12:21 – 14:51 Libra
- 14:51 – 17:16 Scorpio
- 17:16 – 19:17 Sagittarius
- 19:17 – 20:50 Capricorn
- 20:50 – 22:05 Aquarius
- 22:05 – 23:18 Pisces
- 23:18 – 00:42 next day Aries
- 00:42 – 02:32 next day Taurus
- 02:32 – 04:49 next day Gemini
- 04:49 – 06:12 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