Washington panchang, 30 December 2023
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 20:29 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 16:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:49 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:32
- 12:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:25 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
16:53 to 07:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:12 Moon enters Leo
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 01:26 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:12 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 16:25
- Karana Bava until 12:17, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:25 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:12 Moon enters Leo
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:32
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. 05:31 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:27 – 01:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:38 – 09:49 | Good |
| Rog | 09:49 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:42 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:32 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:18 Aquarius
- 11:18 – 12:31 Pisces
- 12:31 – 13:55 Aries
- 13:55 – 15:45 Taurus
- 15:45 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:32 Cancer
- 20:32 – 23:02 Leo
- 23:02 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 04:01 next day Libra
- 04:01 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 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