Washington panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 19:11 Moonrise 17:50 Phalguna month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 19:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:46
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
19:11 to 07:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:11 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:06 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 01:06 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:32 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:21, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:06 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:06 – 13:57 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:32 – 05:32 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. 05:46 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:11 – 21:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 18:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:43 – 19:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:23 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
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:32 Aquarius
- 07:32 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 10:09 Aries
- 10:09 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:16 Gemini
- 14:16 – 16:46 Cancer
- 16:46 – 19:16 Leo
- 19:16 – 21:44 Virgo
- 21:44 – 00:15 next day Libra
- 00:15 – 02:39 next day Scorpio
- 02:39 – 04:40 next day Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 07:23 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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method