Washington panchang, 13 January 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 16:49 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 17:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:11
Night
17:07 to 07:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:49 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:08 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:47 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 17:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:47 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:08
- Karana Bava until 17:26, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:49 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:08 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:47 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:08 – 19:20
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 17:07 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:47 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:39 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 15:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:54 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:26 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 12:57 Aries
- 12:57 – 14:47 Taurus
- 14:47 – 17:04 Gemini
- 17:04 – 19:34 Cancer
- 19:34 – 22:04 Leo
- 22:04 – 00:32 next day Virgo
- 00:32 – 03:03 next day Libra
- 03:03 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:26 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