Washington panchang, 5 December 2024
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 11:09 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
07:13 to 16:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:23 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:50
- 14:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:44 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:38 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:12 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:01, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:23 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:12 – 03:48 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:36 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:35 – 13:38
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. 05:17 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 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 07:13 – 01:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:48 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:24 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:21 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:33 – 20:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:21 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:25 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:40 Libra
- 05:40 – 08:04 Scorpio
- 08:04 – 10:06 Sagittarius
- 10:06 – 11:38 Capricorn
- 11:38 – 12:54 Aquarius
- 12:54 – 14:06 Pisces
- 14:06 – 15:31 Aries
- 15:31 – 17:20 Taurus
- 17:20 – 19:38 Gemini
- 19:38 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:37 next day Leo
- 00:37 – 03:06 next day Virgo
- 03:06 – 05:36 next day Libra
- 05:36 – 07:14 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