Washington panchang, 20 January 2025
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:14 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
07:24 to 17:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:16
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:14 to 07:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:14 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Moon enters Libra
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:22
- Karana Vishti until 12:48, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:33 Moon enters Libra
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:00 – 07:23 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. 05:30 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 10:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:37 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:51 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:14 | Good |
| Char | 17:14 – 19:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:37 – 07:23 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
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 08:37 Capricorn
- 08:37 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 11:06 Pisces
- 11:06 – 12:30 Aries
- 12:30 – 14:19 Taurus
- 14:19 – 16:37 Gemini
- 16:37 – 19:07 Cancer
- 19:07 – 21:36 Leo
- 21:36 – 00:05 next day Virgo
- 00:05 – 02:35 next day Libra
- 02:35 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:01 next day Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 07:23 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