Washington panchang, 2 December 2023
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 21:40 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
07:09 to 16:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:26
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:21
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
16:45 to 07:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 08:57 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:24 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 09:48
- Karana Gara until 19:47, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:21
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. 05:14 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:24 – 02:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:09 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:21 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:21 – 15:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:33 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:21 – 22:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:09 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:22 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:55 Libra
- 05:55 – 08:19 Scorpio
- 08:19 – 10:20 Sagittarius
- 10:20 – 11:53 Capricorn
- 11:53 – 13:08 Aquarius
- 13:08 – 14:21 Pisces
- 14:21 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:52 Gemini
- 19:52 – 22:22 Cancer
- 22:22 – 00:52 next day Leo
- 00:52 – 03:20 next day Virgo
- 03:20 – 05:51 next day Libra
- 05:51 – 07:10 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