Washington panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 10:52 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
07:21 to 16:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:24
- 09:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:46 to 07:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:16
- Karana Vishti until 09:30, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:24
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 – 06:23
- 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 16:46 – 19:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:21 – 18:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:21 – 18:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:21 – 09:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:24 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:22 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
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:25 Sagittarius
- 09:25 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:40 Taurus
- 16:40 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:56 next day Libra
- 04:56 – 07:20 next day Scorpio
- 07:20 – 07:22 next day Sagittarius
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