Washington panchang, 8 December 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 12:36 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
07:15 to 16:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:22 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam 15:33 – 16:44
- 10:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:44 to 07:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:33
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 04:26 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 17:23
- Karana Vishti until 10:26, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:14 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:44
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. 05:19 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:26 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:26 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 09:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:38 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:22 | Good |
| Rog | 14:22 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:22 | Good |
| Char | 20:22 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:28 Libra
- 05:28 – 07:53 Scorpio
- 07:53 – 09:54 Sagittarius
- 09:54 – 11:27 Capricorn
- 11:27 – 12:42 Aquarius
- 12:42 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 05:24 next day Libra
- 05:24 – 07:16 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