Washington panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 09:08 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:22
- 13:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:55 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 13:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 04:27 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:27 – 05:39 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:28 – 15:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:44 – 16:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 09:52 Capricorn
- 09:52 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 15:34 Taurus
- 15:34 – 17:51 Gemini
- 17:51 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:51 Leo
- 22:51 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 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