Washington panchang, 21 March 2025
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:20 Moonrise 01:56 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
07:10 to 19:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:36 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:17 – 17:49
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:20 to 07:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:20 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 18:54
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 16:15 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:11
- Karana Bava until 18:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:11 – 09:06 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:36 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:10 – 16:15
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. 05:35 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:20 – 21:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 16:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:10 – 08:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Char | 17:49 – 19:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:20 – 20:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:09 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
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 05:42 Capricorn
- 05:42 – 06:57 Aquarius
- 06:57 – 08:10 Pisces
- 08:10 – 09:34 Aries
- 09:34 – 11:23 Taurus
- 11:23 – 13:41 Gemini
- 13:41 – 16:11 Cancer
- 16:11 – 18:40 Leo
- 18:40 – 21:09 Virgo
- 21:09 – 23:39 Libra
- 23:39 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:05 next day Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 05:38 next day Capricorn
- 05:38 – 06:53 next day Aquarius
- 06:53 – 07:09 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