Washington panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 23:27 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 16:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:27
- 07:52 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:48 to 07:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:25 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:02 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 19:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 07:52
- Karana Vishti until 14:53, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:52 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:25 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:51 – 14:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 10:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:27
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:44 – 07:25 next day
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 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:35 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:27 – 15:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:37 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:27 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:56 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:45 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:58 next day Scorpio
- 06:58 – 07:25 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