Washington panchang, 26 December 2023
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 16:22 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
07:26 to 16:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 09:47 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:40
- 11:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
16:50 to 07:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:33 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:33
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 11:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 16:50
- Karana Bava until 19:33, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:33 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 10:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:40
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. 05:29 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:26 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:37 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Char | 09:47 – 10:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:58 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:40 | Good |
| Rog | 15:40 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:40 – 20:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:29 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:58 – 03:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:47 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:37 – 07:26 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
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 12:47 Pisces
- 12:47 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:01 Taurus
- 16:01 – 18:18 Gemini
- 18:18 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:41 next day Scorpio
- 06:41 – 07:26 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