Washington panchang, 8 December 2023
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 02:39 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
07:15 to 16:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 15:33
- 07:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:23 Moon enters Libra
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
16:44 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 20:01
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:13 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:34
- Karana Bava until 07:24, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:23 Moon enters Libra
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:33
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. 05:19 – 06:17
- 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 07:15 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:22 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:22 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:31 Libra
- 05:31 – 07:56 Scorpio
- 07:56 – 09:57 Sagittarius
- 09:57 – 11:29 Capricorn
- 11:29 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 13:58 Pisces
- 13:58 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:28 next day Leo
- 00:28 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 05:27 next day Libra
- 05:27 – 07:16 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