Washington panchang, 26 December 2024
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 03:25 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 16:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:47 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta 10:34 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 14:58
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:51 to 07:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:14
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:53
- Karana Balava until 14:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:34 – 11:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 14:58
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:37 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:47 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Char | 10:58 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:40 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:40 – 20:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:58 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:27 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
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 12:44 Pisces
- 12:44 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:15 Gemini
- 18:15 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:38 next day Scorpio
- 06:38 – 07:27 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