Washington panchang, 20 February 2025
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 01:03 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
06:53 to 17:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:39
- 12:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 06:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:29 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:28 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:24 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:29 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:39
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. 05:09 – 06:01
- 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 17:50 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:15 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Char | 10:59 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 17:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:50 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:36 Capricorn
- 06:36 – 07:51 Aquarius
- 07:51 – 09:04 Pisces
- 09:04 – 10:28 Aries
- 10:28 – 12:17 Taurus
- 12:17 – 14:35 Gemini
- 14:35 – 17:05 Cancer
- 17:05 – 19:34 Leo
- 19:34 – 22:03 Virgo
- 22:03 – 00:33 next day Libra
- 00:33 – 02:58 next day Scorpio
- 02:58 – 04:59 next day Sagittarius
- 04:59 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
- 06:32 – 06:52 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