Washington panchang, 5 August 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 07:09 Shravana 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
06:14 to 20:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:28 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Durmuhurta 13:41 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:25
- 08:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:13 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:33
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:14 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 01:29 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:33, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:41 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:25
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:29 – 13:50 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. 04:54 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:13 – 22:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:28 | Good |
| Rog | 11:28 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 20:13 | Good |
| Char | 20:13 – 21:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 07:11 Cancer
- 07:11 – 09:41 Leo
- 09:41 – 12:09 Virgo
- 12:09 – 14:40 Libra
- 14:40 – 17:04 Scorpio
- 17:04 – 19:05 Sagittarius
- 19:05 – 20:38 Capricorn
- 20:38 – 21:53 Aquarius
- 21:53 – 23:06 Pisces
- 23:06 – 00:30 next day Aries
- 00:30 – 02:20 next day Taurus
- 02:20 – 04:37 next day Gemini
- 04:37 – 06:15 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