Washington panchang, 26 January 2025
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 05:22 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
07:20 to 17:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:21
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:03 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:21 to 07:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:25
- Nakshatra Mula until 22:32 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:03
- Karana Taitila until 10:25, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:03 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:21
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. 05:28 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:20 – 22:32
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 22:32
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:05 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:21 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:19 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
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 09:29 Aquarius
- 09:29 – 10:42 Pisces
- 10:42 – 12:06 Aries
- 12:06 – 13:56 Taurus
- 13:56 – 16:13 Gemini
- 16:13 – 18:43 Cancer
- 18:43 – 21:12 Leo
- 21:12 – 23:41 Virgo
- 23:41 – 02:12 next day Libra
- 02:12 – 04:36 next day Scorpio
- 04:36 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 07:19 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