Washington panchang, 23 March 2025
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 19:22 Moonrise 03:44 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
07:07 to 19:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 16:18 – 17:50
- Durmuhurta 17:44 – 18:33
- Rahu Kalam 17:50 – 19:22
- 08:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
19:22 to 07:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:22 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 20:08
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 08:28
- Karana Taitila until 08:07, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 20:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:28 – 19:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:44 – 18:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:50 – 19:22
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. 05:33 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:22 – 21:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:48 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:39 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:05 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
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:34 Capricorn
- 05:34 – 06:49 Aquarius
- 06:49 – 08:02 Pisces
- 08:02 – 09:26 Aries
- 09:26 – 11:16 Taurus
- 11:16 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 18:32 Leo
- 18:32 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 23:31 Libra
- 23:31 – 01:56 next day Scorpio
- 01:56 – 03:57 next day Sagittarius
- 03:57 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:45 next day Aquarius
- 06:45 – 07:05 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