Washington panchang, 15 January 2025
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 19:07 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
07:26 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:30
- 15:16 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:09 to 07:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:46 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:46 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 15:16
- Karana Gara until 16:53, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:16 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:46 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:09 – 17:36 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) 11:58 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:26 – 16:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:25 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
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:24 Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 08:57 Capricorn
- 08:57 – 10:13 Aquarius
- 10:13 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 12:49 Aries
- 12:49 – 14:39 Taurus
- 14:39 – 16:56 Gemini
- 16:56 – 19:26 Cancer
- 19:26 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:21 next day Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 07:25 next day Capricorn
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