Washington panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 11:54 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
07:22 to 16:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 14:53
- 11:01 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:46 to 07:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 02:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:51 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 11:01
- Karana Gara until 15:39, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:01 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 14:53
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:37 – 07:50 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:50 – 13:39 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. 05:25 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 14:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:33 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:43 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:36 – 16:46 | Good |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 07:23 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:12 next day Scorpio
- 07:12 – 07:23 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