Washington panchang, 11 January 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 14:37 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 17:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:40
- 08:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:25 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:05 to 07:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Indra
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 07:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:04
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 00:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 22:39
- Karana Kaulava until 08:56, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Indra
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 07:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:40
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) 11:57 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:04 – 07:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:54 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:04 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 15:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:52 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 10:28 Aquarius
- 10:28 – 11:41 Pisces
- 11:41 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 14:55 Taurus
- 14:55 – 17:12 Gemini
- 17:12 – 19:42 Cancer
- 19:42 – 22:11 Leo
- 22:11 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 03:11 next day Libra
- 03:11 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 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