Washington panchang, 9 January 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 13:00 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
07:27 to 17:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta 10:39 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:08
- 10:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:03 to 07:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 23:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:15 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 04:06 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:51, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:39 – 11:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:08
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:15 – 07:27 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. 05:32 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:27 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:39 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Char | 11:03 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:51 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:51 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:39 – 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
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:47 Scorpio
- 05:47 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:36 Aquarius
- 10:36 – 11:49 Pisces
- 11:49 – 13:13 Aries
- 13:13 – 15:03 Taurus
- 15:03 – 17:20 Gemini
- 17:20 – 19:50 Cancer
- 19:50 – 22:19 Leo
- 22:19 – 00:48 next day Virgo
- 00:48 – 03:18 next day Libra
- 03:18 – 05:43 next day Scorpio
- 05:43 – 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