Washington panchang, 3 December 2024
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 09:43 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
07:11 to 16:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 09:34 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam 14:21 – 15:33
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:44 to 07:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:26 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:44 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 03:26 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:43, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:26 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:44 – 07:12 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 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:11 – 02:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:11 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:23 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Char | 09:34 – 10:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:46 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:21 – 15:33 | Good |
| Rog | 15:33 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:21 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:23 – 07:12 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:11 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:48 Libra
- 05:48 – 08:12 Scorpio
- 08:12 – 10:14 Sagittarius
- 10:14 – 11:46 Capricorn
- 11:46 – 13:02 Aquarius
- 13:02 – 14:14 Pisces
- 14:14 – 15:38 Aries
- 15:38 – 17:28 Taurus
- 17:28 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 22:15 Cancer
- 22:15 – 00:45 next day Leo
- 00:45 – 03:13 next day Virgo
- 03:13 – 05:44 next day Libra
- 05:44 – 07:12 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