Washington panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 18:00 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
07:21 to 16:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:53
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
16:46 to 07:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:26 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 14:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:52
- Karana Taitila until 13:07, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:53
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. 05:25 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:32 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:42 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 16:46 | Good |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:22 Sagittarius
- 09:22 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:54 Gemini
- 18:54 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 07:17 next day Scorpio
- 07:17 – 07:22 next day Sagittarius
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