Washington panchang, 17 December 2024
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 19:09 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
07:22 to 16:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 09:43 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:25 – 15:36
- 08:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:40 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
16:46 to 07:23 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:36 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 23:36
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 10:40
- Karana Vanija until 11:56, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:40 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:36 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 10:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:56 – 23:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:36
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 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:22 – 23:36
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:33 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Char | 09:43 – 10:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:54 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:25 – 15:36 | Good |
| Rog | 15:36 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:36 – 20:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:25 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:54 – 03:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:43 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:33 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 07:13 next day Scorpio
- 07:13 – 07:23 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