Washington panchang, 17 March 2025
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 22:50 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
07:16 to 19:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:16
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:52
- 10:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:16 to 07:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:03
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:13 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:03, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:15 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:52
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. 05:40 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:16 – 21:40
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:46 – 19:16 | Good |
| Char | 19:16 – 20:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:45 – 07:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:13 Aquarius
- 07:13 – 08:25 Pisces
- 08:25 – 09:50 Aries
- 09:50 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:57 Gemini
- 13:57 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 18:56 Leo
- 18:56 – 21:25 Virgo
- 21:25 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 02:20 next day Scorpio
- 02:20 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 05:53 next day Capricorn
- 05:53 – 07:09 next day Aquarius
- 07:09 – 07:15 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