Washington panchang, 30 December 2024
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 07:35 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
07:27 to 16:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:00
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
16:54 to 07:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:26
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:02
- Karana Naga until 17:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:00
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:27 – 07:28 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. 05:31 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:38 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 15:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:43 – 16:54 | Good |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:43 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:32 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:00 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:38 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:00 Capricorn
- 10:00 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 15:42 Taurus
- 15:42 – 17:59 Gemini
- 17:59 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 07:28 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