Washington panchang, 16 February 2025
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 22:00 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
06:58 to 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 17:45
- 15:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:45 to 06:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:01 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 15:46
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:01 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 22:24
- Karana Balava until 15:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:01 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 17:45
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:24 – 00:48 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 15:46 – 18:01
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. 05:13 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:24
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:58 – 15:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:58 – 18:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:19 – 09:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:40 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:18 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:19 Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 06:51 Capricorn
- 06:51 – 08:07 Aquarius
- 08:07 – 09:19 Pisces
- 09:19 – 10:44 Aries
- 10:44 – 12:33 Taurus
- 12:33 – 14:51 Gemini
- 14:51 – 17:21 Cancer
- 17:21 – 19:50 Leo
- 19:50 – 22:19 Virgo
- 22:19 – 00:49 next day Libra
- 00:49 – 03:14 next day Scorpio
- 03:14 – 05:15 next day Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 06:47 next day Capricorn
- 06:47 – 06:57 next day Aquarius
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