Washington panchang, 19 December 2023
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 12:20 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
07:23 to 16:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:16 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 09:44 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:26 – 15:36
- 07:50 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:47 to 07:23 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:44 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 08:07
- Karana Vishti until 13:39, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:50 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:37 – 07:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:50 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:07 – 05:26 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:16 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 10:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:36
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:23 – 13:32
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. 05:26 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:23 – 00:44 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:32 – 07:23 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:32 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:23 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:33 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Char | 09:44 – 10:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:54 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:26 – 15:36 | Good |
| Rog | 15:36 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:36 – 20:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:26 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:55 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:23 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
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:46 Gemini
- 18:46 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 07:08 next day Scorpio
- 07:08 – 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