Washington panchang, 25 December 2024
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 02:24 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
07:26 to 16:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:19
- 11:16 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:59 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:50 to 07:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 11:59
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:39 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:16
- Karana Vishti until 11:59, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:16 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:19
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. 05:29 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:40 – 16:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:26 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
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 04:17 next day Libra
- 04:17 – 06:42 next day Scorpio
- 06:42 – 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