Washington panchang, 12 January 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 15:40 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 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:49 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:06
Night
17:06 to 07:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:14 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:33
- Nakshatra Ardra until 00:08 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 20:14
- Karana Vanija until 18:33, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:14 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:49 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:14 – 18:08 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 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 00:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:27 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:39 – 09:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:52 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:41 | Good |
| Rog | 14:41 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:41 | Good |
| Char | 20:41 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 14:51 Taurus
- 14:51 – 17:08 Gemini
- 17:08 – 19:38 Cancer
- 19:38 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:36 next day Virgo
- 00:36 – 03:07 next day Libra
- 03:07 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 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