Washington panchang, 20 March 2025
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 00:55 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
07:12 to 19:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:53
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:01 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:15 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:19 to 07:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:15
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 14:01 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 08:49
- Karana Vanija until 17:15, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:01 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:53
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. 05:37 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:12 – 14:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:01 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:48 – 19:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:48 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:10 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
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 05:45 Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 08:14 Pisces
- 08:14 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:27 Taurus
- 11:27 – 13:45 Gemini
- 13:45 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:44 Leo
- 18:44 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 02:08 next day Scorpio
- 02:08 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 05:42 next day Capricorn
- 05:42 – 06:57 next day Aquarius
- 06:57 – 07:10 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