Washington panchang, 31 January 2025
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 08:42 Magha 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
07:16 to 17:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:11
- 14:19 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:27 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:08 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:44 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 01:54 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:19, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:02 – 15:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:11
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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:44 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:16 – 08:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:32 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:27 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:10 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:22 Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 07:54 Capricorn
- 07:54 – 09:10 Aquarius
- 09:10 – 10:22 Pisces
- 10:22 – 11:47 Aries
- 11:47 – 13:36 Taurus
- 13:36 – 15:54 Gemini
- 15:54 – 18:23 Cancer
- 18:23 – 20:53 Leo
- 20:53 – 23:21 Virgo
- 23:21 – 01:52 next day Libra
- 01:52 – 04:16 next day Scorpio
- 04:16 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 07:15 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