Washington panchang, 24 March 2025
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:23 Moonrise 04:28 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
07:05 to 19:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:55
- 07:14 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 07:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:56 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
19:23 to 07:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:23 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 19:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:56 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 07:14
- Karana Vanija until 07:58, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:14 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 07:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:56 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:05 – 12:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:59 – 20:31
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. 05:32 – 06:19
- 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 19:23 – 21:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:56 – 07:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:31 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:05 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:23 | Good |
| Char | 19:23 – 20:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:04 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
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:45 Aquarius
- 06:45 – 07:58 Pisces
- 07:58 – 09:22 Aries
- 09:22 – 11:12 Taurus
- 11:12 – 13:29 Gemini
- 13:29 – 15:59 Cancer
- 15:59 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 20:57 Virgo
- 20:57 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:52 next day Scorpio
- 01:52 – 03:53 next day Sagittarius
- 03:53 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
- 05:26 – 06:41 next day Aquarius
- 06:41 – 07:04 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