Washington panchang, 15 March 2025
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 19:14 Moonrise 20:50 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
07:20 to 19:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:15
- 18:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:14 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:14 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:28 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:15 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:18 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 18:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:15
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 02:15 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:15 – 07:18 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. 05:43 – 06:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:14 – 21:39
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:47 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:45 – 19:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:14 – 20:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:46 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:18 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
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:21 Aquarius
- 07:21 – 08:33 Pisces
- 08:33 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 14:04 Gemini
- 14:04 – 16:34 Cancer
- 16:34 – 19:04 Leo
- 19:04 – 21:32 Virgo
- 21:32 – 00:03 next day Libra
- 00:03 – 02:27 next day Scorpio
- 02:27 – 04:29 next day Sagittarius
- 04:29 – 06:01 next day Capricorn
- 06:01 – 07:17 next day Aquarius
- 07:17 – 07:18 next day Pisces
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