Washington panchang, 19 December 2024
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 21:24 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:44 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:31 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:54
- 08:03 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:29 Moon enters Leo
Night
16:47 to 07:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:29 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:03
- Karana Kaulava until 11:50, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:03 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:29 Moon enters Leo
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:03 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:31 – 11:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:54
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 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:23 – 00:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:34 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:44 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:26 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:36 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:37 – 20:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:26 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:34 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:25 Taurus
- 16:25 – 18:43 Gemini
- 18:43 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
- 07:06 – 07:24 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