Washington panchang, 6 December 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 11:42 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
07:14 to 16:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:33
- 13:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:44 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:36 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:12
- Karana Kaulava until 13:09, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:33
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. 05:18 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:14 – 06:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:14 – 00:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:14 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:21 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:22 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:36 Libra
- 05:36 – 08:01 Scorpio
- 08:01 – 10:02 Sagittarius
- 10:02 – 11:34 Capricorn
- 11:34 – 12:50 Aquarius
- 12:50 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:33 next day Leo
- 00:33 – 03:02 next day Virgo
- 03:02 – 05:32 next day Libra
- 05:32 – 07:15 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