Washington panchang, 2 December 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 08:48 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
07:10 to 16:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:50
- 14:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:44 to 07:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:37 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 06:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:39 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:11 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 04:37 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:37 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 06:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:50
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:37 – 07:01 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 07:11 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. 05:15 – 06:12
- 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 16:44 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:22 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:34 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:21 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:09 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 07:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:52 Libra
- 05:52 – 08:16 Scorpio
- 08:16 – 10:17 Sagittarius
- 10:17 – 11:50 Capricorn
- 11:50 – 13:06 Aquarius
- 13:06 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 15:42 Aries
- 15:42 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 22:19 Cancer
- 22:19 – 00:49 next day Leo
- 00:49 – 03:17 next day Virgo
- 03:17 – 05:48 next day Libra
- 05:48 – 07:11 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