Washington panchang, 8 March 2025
Sunrise 06:30 EST Sunset 18:07 EST Moonrise 12:25 EST 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
06:30 EST to 18:07 EST- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 EST – 07:57 EST
- Durmuhurta 06:30 EST – 07:17 EST
- Durmuhurta 07:17 EST – 08:03 EST
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 EST – 10:52 EST
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 EST – 12:42 EST
- Yamaganda 13:46 EST – 15:13 EST
- 09:27 EST Karana becomes Gara
- 12:58 EST Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:07 EST to 07:29 EDT next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:07 EST – 20:35 EST
- Brahma Muhurta 05:50 EDT – 06:39 EDT Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 EST Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:15 EST Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:28 EDT next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 21:15 EST
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:58 EST · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:28 EDT next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:27 EST, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:27 EST Karana becomes Gara
- 12:58 EST Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:15 EST Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:15 EST Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:28 EDT next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 EST – 07:57 EST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 EST – 07:17 EST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 EST – 08:03 EST
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 EST – 10:52 EST
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 EST – 15:13 EST
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. 04:51 EST – 05:41 EST
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 EST – 12:42 EST
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 EST – 20:35 EST
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 EST – 07:29 EDT next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 EST – 07:57 EST | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 EST – 09:24 EST | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 EST – 10:52 EST | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 EST – 12:19 EST | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 EST – 13:46 EST | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 EST – 15:13 EST | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 EST – 16:40 EST | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 EST – 18:07 EST | Bad |
| Labh | 18:07 EST – 19:40 EST | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 EST – 21:12 EST | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:12 EST – 22:45 EST | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 EST – 00:18 EST next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 EST – 01:51 EST next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 EST – 04:23 EDT next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:23 EDT – 05:56 EDT next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:56 EDT – 07:29 EDT 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
- 06:30 EST NowSaturn
- 07:28 EST NowJupiter
- 08:26 EST NowMars
- 09:24 EST NowSun
- 10:23 EST NowVenus
- 11:21 EST NowMercury
- 12:19 EST NowMoon
- 13:17 EST NowSaturn
- 14:15 EST NowJupiter
- 15:13 EST NowMars
- 16:11 EST NowSun
- 17:09 EST NowVenus
- 18:07 EST NowMercury
- 19:09 EST NowMoon
- 20:10 EST NowSaturn
- 21:12 EST NowJupiter
- 22:14 EST NowMars
- 23:16 EST NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 EST NowVenus
- 01:20 EST NowMercury
- 03:22 EDT NowMoon
- 04:23 EDT NowSaturn
- 05:25 EDT NowJupiter
- 06:27 EDT NowMars
- 06:30 EST NowSaturn
- 07:30 EST NowJupiter
- 08:30 EST NowMars
- 09:30 EST NowSun
- 10:30 EST NowVenus
- 11:30 EST NowMercury
- 12:30 EST NowMoon
- 13:30 EST NowSaturn
- 14:30 EST NowJupiter
- 15:30 EST NowMars
- 16:30 EST NowSun
- 17:30 EST NowVenus
- 18:30 EST NowMercury
- 19:30 EST NowMoon
- 20:30 EST NowSaturn
- 21:30 EST NowJupiter
- 22:30 EST NowMars
- 23:30 EST NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 EST NowVenus
- 01:30 EST NowMercury
- 03:30 EDT NowMoon
- 04:30 EDT NowSaturn
- 05:30 EDT NowJupiter
- 06:30 EDT NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 EST – 05:33 EST Capricorn
- 05:33 EST – 06:48 EST Aquarius
- 06:48 EST – 08:01 EST Pisces
- 08:01 EST – 09:25 EST Aries
- 09:25 EST – 11:15 EST Taurus
- 11:15 EST – 13:32 EST Gemini
- 13:32 EST – 16:02 EST Cancer
- 16:02 EST – 18:31 EST Leo
- 18:31 EST – 21:00 EST Virgo
- 21:00 EST – 23:30 EST Libra
- 23:30 EST – 01:55 EST next day Scorpio
- 01:55 EST – 04:56 EDT next day Sagittarius
- 04:56 EDT – 06:29 EDT next day Capricorn
- 06:29 EDT – 07:29 EDT 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 · each time with its zone, as the clocks change within this day · Method