Washington panchang, 17 January 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 21:14 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 17:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 15:58
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:11 to 07:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:11 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:00
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 04:21 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:26
- Karana Balava until 19:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 15:58
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) 11:59 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 04:21 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:25 – 04:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:25 – 08:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:38 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:11 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 08:49 Capricorn
- 08:49 – 10:05 Aquarius
- 10:05 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 12:42 Aries
- 12:42 – 14:31 Taurus
- 14:31 – 16:49 Gemini
- 16:49 – 19:19 Cancer
- 19:19 – 21:48 Leo
- 21:48 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:13 next day Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 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