Washington panchang, 18 February 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:48 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
06:56 to 17:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 09:39 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:22 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:26
- 07:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:48 to 06:55 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:02
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:09 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:18 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:44, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 11:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:26
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. 05:11 – 06:03
- 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 17:48 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 00:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:56 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Char | 09:39 – 11:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:00 – 12:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:22 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:48 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:26 – 21:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:59 – 03:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:38 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:55 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
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:11 Sagittarius
- 05:11 – 06:43 Capricorn
- 06:43 – 07:59 Aquarius
- 07:59 – 09:11 Pisces
- 09:11 – 10:36 Aries
- 10:36 – 12:25 Taurus
- 12:25 – 14:43 Gemini
- 14:43 – 17:13 Cancer
- 17:13 – 19:42 Leo
- 19:42 – 22:11 Virgo
- 22:11 – 00:41 next day Libra
- 00:41 – 03:06 next day Scorpio
- 03:06 – 05:07 next day Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
- 06:40 – 06:55 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