Washington panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 10:10 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta 09:13 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:24 – 15:35
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:45 to 07:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:32
- Karana Gara until 12:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:13 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:32 – 00:08 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. 05:24 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:22
- 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 07:20 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:54 – 07:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:28 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:20 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 09:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:41 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:24 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:35 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:24 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:53 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:29 Sagittarius
- 09:29 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 07:21 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