Washington panchang, 19 February 2025
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 00:01 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
06:55 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:43
- 10:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:49 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 23:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 23:28
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 23:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:03 – 04:39 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 03:00 – 06:53 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. 05:10 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:49 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:55 – 03:00 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:55 – 23:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:00 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:53 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:40 Capricorn
- 06:40 – 07:55 Aquarius
- 07:55 – 09:08 Pisces
- 09:08 – 10:32 Aries
- 10:32 – 12:21 Taurus
- 12:21 – 14:39 Gemini
- 14:39 – 17:09 Cancer
- 17:09 – 19:38 Leo
- 19:38 – 22:07 Virgo
- 22:07 – 00:37 next day Libra
- 00:37 – 03:02 next day Scorpio
- 03:02 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
- 06:36 – 06:53 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