Washington panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 17:21 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 16:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:19
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
16:51 to 07:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:16 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:16
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 16:10
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:19
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. 05:30 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:16 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:37 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:40 – 16:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:27 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 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 15:57 Taurus
- 15:57 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:37 next day Scorpio
- 06:37 – 07:27 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