Washington panchang, 14 December 2024
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 15:54 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
07:20 to 16:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:41 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:24
Night
16:45 to 07:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:24 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 04:01 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 17:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:37
- Karana Vishti until 17:13, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:24 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 10:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:24
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. 05:23 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:20 – 17:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:20 – 17:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 09:41 | Good |
| Rog | 09:41 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:24 – 15:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:34 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:24 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:52 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:29 Scorpio
- 07:29 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 07:21 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