Washington panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 22:27 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
07:24 to 16:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta 09:16 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:37
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:47 to 07:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:51 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 07:41
- Karana Gara until 13:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:16 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:51 – 14:53 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:24 – 17:17
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. 05:27 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 01:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:17 – 07:24 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:17 – 07:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:17 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:24 – 08:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:34 – 09:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:45 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Char | 15:37 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:37 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:24 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
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 07:02 next day Scorpio
- 07:02 – 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