Washington panchang, 31 December 2024
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 08:26 Pausha 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
07:28 to 16:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 09:49 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:33 – 15:44
- 08:29 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:55 to 07:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:36 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:29
- Karana Bava until 16:52, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:29 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:36 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:33 – 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 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:38 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Char | 09:49 – 11:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:00 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:33 – 15:44 | Good |
| Rog | 15:44 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:44 – 20:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:33 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:00 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 13:48 Aries
- 13:48 – 15:38 Taurus
- 15:38 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:55 Leo
- 22:55 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 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