Washington panchang, 23 January 2025
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 02:14 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
07:22 to 17:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:19
- 12:02 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:18 to 07:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:55 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 18:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 18:36
- Karana Vanija until 20:06, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:02 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:19
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. 05:29 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:22 – 07:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:38 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:20 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:03 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:03 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:21 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
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:26 Capricorn
- 08:26 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 10:54 Pisces
- 10:54 – 12:18 Aries
- 12:18 – 14:08 Taurus
- 14:08 – 16:25 Gemini
- 16:25 – 18:55 Cancer
- 18:55 – 21:24 Leo
- 21:24 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 02:23 next day Libra
- 02:23 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
- 04:48 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 07:21 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