Washington panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 08:18 Margashirsha 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
07:19 to 16:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:12
- 16:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:39 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:45 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:39
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:16 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 02:54 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:39, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:12
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:39 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:34 – 16:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:34 – 20:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:23 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:36 Scorpio
- 07:36 – 09:37 Sagittarius
- 09:37 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 05:07 next day Libra
- 05:07 – 07:20 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