Washington panchang, 17 February 2025
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 23:00 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
06:57 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:37
- 07:32 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:47 to 06:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 18:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 18:23
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:05 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 23:21
- Karana Taitila until 18:23, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:32 Moon enters Libra
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 18:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:37
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:57 – 21:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:19 – 09:36
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. 05:12 – 06:04
- 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 17:47 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:05 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:18 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:39 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:00 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:17 – 06:56 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
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:15 Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 06:47 Capricorn
- 06:47 – 08:03 Aquarius
- 08:03 – 09:15 Pisces
- 09:15 – 10:40 Aries
- 10:40 – 12:29 Taurus
- 12:29 – 14:47 Gemini
- 14:47 – 17:17 Cancer
- 17:17 – 19:46 Leo
- 19:46 – 22:15 Virgo
- 22:15 – 00:45 next day Libra
- 00:45 – 03:10 next day Scorpio
- 03:10 – 05:11 next day Sagittarius
- 05:11 – 06:43 next day Capricorn
- 06:43 – 06:56 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