Washington panchang, 12 December 2023
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 07:10 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
07:18 to 16:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 09:40 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:23 – 15:34
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
16:44 to 07:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:32 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:35 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:32
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:35 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:21
- Karana Naga until 18:32, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:32 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:35 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:21 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 10:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:47 – 08:11 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. 05:22 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:29 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Char | 09:40 – 10:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:50 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:23 – 15:34 | Good |
| Rog | 15:34 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:23 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:51 – 03:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:40 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:29 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:40 Scorpio
- 07:40 – 09:41 Sagittarius
- 09:41 – 11:14 Capricorn
- 11:14 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 16:56 Taurus
- 16:56 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 05:11 next day Libra
- 05:11 – 07:19 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