Washington panchang, 21 February 2025
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 02:06 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
06:52 to 17:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:29
- 14:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:51 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:49 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:10 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 01:25 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:14, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:25 – 02:37 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:52 – 06:51 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. 05:08 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:52 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:51 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
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:32 Capricorn
- 06:32 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 09:00 Pisces
- 09:00 – 10:24 Aries
- 10:24 – 12:14 Taurus
- 12:14 – 14:31 Gemini
- 14:31 – 17:01 Cancer
- 17:01 – 19:30 Leo
- 19:30 – 21:59 Virgo
- 21:59 – 00:29 next day Libra
- 00:29 – 02:54 next day Scorpio
- 02:54 – 04:55 next day Sagittarius
- 04:55 – 06:28 next day Capricorn
- 06:28 – 06:51 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