Washington panchang, 1 December 2024
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 07:46 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
07:09 to 16:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:21 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam 15:33 – 16:45
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:45 to 07:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:15 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:13 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:15 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 05:30 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:51, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:15 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:45
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:30 – 07:30 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:09 – 05:15 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. 05:14 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 07:10 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:15 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:21 – 09:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:33 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:21 | Good |
| Rog | 14:21 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:21 | Good |
| Char | 20:21 – 22:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:09 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:22 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:56 Libra
- 05:56 – 08:20 Scorpio
- 08:20 – 10:21 Sagittarius
- 10:21 – 11:54 Capricorn
- 11:54 – 13:09 Aquarius
- 13:09 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 15:46 Aries
- 15:46 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:53 Gemini
- 19:53 – 22:23 Cancer
- 22:23 – 00:53 next day Leo
- 00:53 – 03:21 next day Virgo
- 03:21 – 05:52 next day Libra
- 05:52 – 07:10 next day Scorpio
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