Washington panchang, 2 March 2025
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 08:00 Phalguna 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
06:39 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:01
- 10:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:01 to 06:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:09 Moon enters Aries
- 21:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 10:32
- Nakshatra Revati until 20:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 22:27
- Karana Gara until 10:32, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:09 Moon enters Aries
- 21:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:01
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. 04:58 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:09 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:39 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:56 Capricorn
- 05:56 – 07:12 Aquarius
- 07:12 – 08:24 Pisces
- 08:24 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:38 Taurus
- 11:38 – 13:56 Gemini
- 13:56 – 16:26 Cancer
- 16:26 – 18:55 Leo
- 18:55 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 05:52 next day Capricorn
- 05:52 – 06:38 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