Washington panchang, 14 December 2023
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 09:19 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
07:20 to 16:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:41 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:28 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:52
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:45 to 07:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:26
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 21:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:46
- Karana Kaulava until 14:26, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:28 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:52
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. 05:23 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:40 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:30 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:41 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:24 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:34 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:34 – 20:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:24 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:41 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:31 – 07:20 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
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:32 Scorpio
- 07:32 – 09:33 Sagittarius
- 09:33 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 05:04 next day Libra
- 05:04 – 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