Washington panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 20:18 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
07:23 to 16:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:15
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
16:47 to 07:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 23:33
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 09:03
- Karana Bava until 11:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:03 – 08:03 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:15
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. 05:26 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:36 – 16:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 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
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 10:47 Capricorn
- 10:47 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 14:40 Aries
- 14:40 – 16:29 Taurus
- 16:29 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 21:16 Cancer
- 21:16 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 07:09 next day Scorpio
- 07:09 – 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