Washington panchang, 7 December 2023
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 01:39 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
07:14 to 16:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:24 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:50
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
16:44 to 07:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 18:36
- Nakshatra Hasta until 22:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 13:29
- Karana Vishti until 18:36, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:24 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:50
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. 05:18 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:14 – 18:36
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:25 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:22 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:33 – 20:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:22 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:35 Libra
- 05:35 – 08:00 Scorpio
- 08:00 – 10:01 Sagittarius
- 10:01 – 11:33 Capricorn
- 11:33 – 12:49 Aquarius
- 12:49 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 22:03 Cancer
- 22:03 – 00:32 next day Leo
- 00:32 – 03:01 next day Virgo
- 03:01 – 05:31 next day Libra
- 05:31 – 07:15 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