Washington panchang, 3 February 2025
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 09:58 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
07:13 to 17:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:27
- 07:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:46 Moon enters Aries
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:31 to 07:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 18:07
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:32
- Karana Kaulava until 07:14, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:46 Moon enters Aries
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:49 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:50 – 07:12 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. 05:23 – 06:18
- 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 17:31 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:13 – 12:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:47 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:31 | Good |
| Char | 17:31 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:29 – 07:12 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
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:10 Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 07:42 Capricorn
- 07:42 – 08:58 Aquarius
- 08:58 – 10:10 Pisces
- 10:10 – 11:35 Aries
- 11:35 – 13:24 Taurus
- 13:24 – 15:42 Gemini
- 15:42 – 18:12 Cancer
- 18:12 – 20:41 Leo
- 20:41 – 23:10 Virgo
- 23:10 – 01:40 next day Libra
- 01:40 – 04:05 next day Scorpio
- 04:05 – 06:06 next day Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 07:12 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