Washington panchang, 23 December 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 00:26 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 16:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 10:57 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 14:56
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
16:49 to 07:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 09:22 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:47 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 09:24
- Karana Taitila until 20:00, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 14:56
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:47 – 07:26 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. 05:28 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 10:57 | Good |
| Rog | 10:57 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:39 – 16:49 | Good |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:26 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 06:50 next day Scorpio
- 06:50 – 07:26 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