Washington panchang, 31 December 2023
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 21:29 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 16:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta 15:38 – 16:16
- Rahu Kalam 15:43 – 16:54
- 14:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:54 to 07:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:58 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:06 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 17:10
- Karana Kaulava until 14:40, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:38 – 16:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:43 – 16:54
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) 11:52 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:27 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:38 – 09:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:49 – 11:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:00 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:43 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:43 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:28 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 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:26 Sagittarius
- 08:26 – 09:59 Capricorn
- 09:59 – 11:14 Aquarius
- 11:14 – 12:27 Pisces
- 12:27 – 13:51 Aries
- 13:51 – 15:41 Taurus
- 15:41 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 01:26 next day Virgo
- 01:26 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 07:28 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