Washington panchang, 21 January 2025
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 00:11 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
07:23 to 17:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 09:51 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:19 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:01
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:15 to 07:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:15 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:48 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:19
- Karana Balava until 15:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:01
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:19 – 19:19
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 – 06:26
- 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 17:15 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:23 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:23 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:37 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Char | 09:51 – 11:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:05 – 12:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:19 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:01 | Good |
| Rog | 16:01 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:01 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:37 – 07:22 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
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 08:34 Capricorn
- 08:34 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:02 Pisces
- 11:02 – 12:26 Aries
- 12:26 – 14:15 Taurus
- 14:15 – 16:33 Gemini
- 16:33 – 19:03 Cancer
- 19:03 – 21:32 Leo
- 21:32 – 00:01 next day Virgo
- 00:01 – 02:31 next day Libra
- 02:31 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 06:57 next day Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 07:22 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