Washington panchang, 18 January 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 22:13 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 17:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 14:45
- 07:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:12 to 07:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:00 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 14:46
- Karana Kaulava until 07:56, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:46 – 17:10
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:25 – 07:00 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 07:24 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 – 06:28
- 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 17:12 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:38 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 15:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:59 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:24 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 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:13 Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 08:45 Capricorn
- 08:45 – 10:01 Aquarius
- 10:01 – 11:13 Pisces
- 11:13 – 12:38 Aries
- 12:38 – 14:27 Taurus
- 14:27 – 16:45 Gemini
- 16:45 – 19:15 Cancer
- 19:15 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 00:13 next day Virgo
- 00:13 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 05:08 next day Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:09 next day Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 07:24 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