Washington panchang, 16 January 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 20:12 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
07:25 to 17:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:31 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:13
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:10 to 07:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:10 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 06:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:36
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:15 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:35
- Karana Vishti until 17:36, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 06:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:09 – 17:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:13
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 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:10 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:39 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:31 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:57 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:57 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:25 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
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 08:53 Capricorn
- 08:53 – 10:09 Aquarius
- 10:09 – 11:21 Pisces
- 11:21 – 12:45 Aries
- 12:45 – 14:35 Taurus
- 14:35 – 16:53 Gemini
- 16:53 – 19:22 Cancer
- 19:22 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 07:17 next day Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 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