Washington panchang, 3 December 2023
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 22:41 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
07:10 to 16:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:21 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam 15:33 – 16:44
- 08:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:05 Moon enters Leo
Night
16:44 to 07:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 08:57
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 10:25
- Karana Vanija until 08:57, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:05 Moon enters Leo
- 22:12 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:57 – 11:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:25 – 11:16 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:05 – 22:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:44
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. 05:15 – 06:13
- 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 16:44 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:05 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:22 – 09:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:34 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:21 | Good |
| Rog | 14:21 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:21 | Good |
| Char | 20:21 – 22:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:09 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:23 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:51 Libra
- 05:51 – 08:15 Scorpio
- 08:15 – 10:16 Sagittarius
- 10:16 – 11:49 Capricorn
- 11:49 – 13:05 Aquarius
- 13:05 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:31 Taurus
- 17:31 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:48 next day Leo
- 00:48 – 03:16 next day Virgo
- 03:16 – 05:47 next day Libra
- 05:47 – 07:11 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