Washington panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 18:23 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
07:27 to 16:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:48 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta 10:35 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 14:59
- 08:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 08:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
16:52 to 07:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:30 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 15:53
- Karana Taitila until 08:49, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 08:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:35 – 11:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:53 – 15:58 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. 05:30 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 16:52 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:27 – 14:34
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:27 – 14:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:34 – 07:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:34 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:27 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:37 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:48 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Char | 10:59 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:41 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:41 – 20:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:31 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:27 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
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:37 Scorpio
- 06:37 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 12:39 Pisces
- 12:39 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:38 next day Virgo
- 01:38 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:33 next day Scorpio
- 06:33 – 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