Washington panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 13:09 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
07:24 to 16:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:45 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:55
- 10:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:39 Moon enters Aries
Night
16:48 to 07:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 21:47
- Nakshatra Revati until 11:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 00:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:25, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:39 Moon enters Aries
- 21:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:57 – 13:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:55
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. 05:27 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:24 – 11:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 07:24 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 21:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:39 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:34 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:45 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:27 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:37 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:37 – 20:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:27 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:56 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:24 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
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:04 Scorpio
- 07:04 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:38 Gemini
- 18:38 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 07:01 next day Scorpio
- 07:01 – 07:24 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