Washington panchang, 22 December 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 16:48 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
07:25 to 16:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:11
- Rahu Kalam 15:38 – 16:48
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
16:48 to 07:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 06:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 06:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 06:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:30
- Karana Balava until 17:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 17:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 06:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 06:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:38 – 16:48
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. 05:28 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 22:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:39 – 07:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:39 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:25 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 09:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:46 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:38 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 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
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:24 Aries
- 14:24 – 16:13 Taurus
- 16:13 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
- 06:54 – 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