Washington panchang, 1 December 2023
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 20:37 Kartika month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 16:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:33
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
16:45 to 07:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:24 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 09:32
- Karana Kaulava until 17:49, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:33
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:08 – 07:09 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. 05:13 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:08 – 08:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:32 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:21 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:21 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:21 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:59 Libra
- 05:59 – 08:23 Scorpio
- 08:23 – 10:24 Sagittarius
- 10:24 – 11:57 Capricorn
- 11:57 – 13:12 Aquarius
- 13:12 – 14:25 Pisces
- 14:25 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:39 Taurus
- 17:39 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 03:24 next day Virgo
- 03:24 – 05:55 next day Libra
- 05:55 – 07:09 next day Scorpio
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method