Washington panchang, 27 March 2025
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 19:26 Moonrise 06:06 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
07:01 to 19:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:09 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:57
- 13:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:26 to 06:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:26 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:33
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 20:26
- Karana Vanija until 13:33, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:09 – 11:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:33 – 00:02 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:21 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:24 – 06:17 next day
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. 05:28 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:26 – 21:44
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:52 – 19:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:26 – 20:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:52 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:33 – 06:59 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
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:33 Aquarius
- 06:33 – 07:46 Pisces
- 07:46 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:00 Taurus
- 11:00 – 13:17 Gemini
- 13:17 – 15:47 Cancer
- 15:47 – 18:17 Leo
- 18:17 – 20:45 Virgo
- 20:45 – 23:16 Libra
- 23:16 – 01:40 next day Scorpio
- 01:40 – 03:41 next day Sagittarius
- 03:41 – 05:14 next day Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:29 next day Aquarius
- 06:29 – 06:59 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