Washington panchang, 29 March 2025
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:28 Moonrise 06:58 Chaitra 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
06:58 to 19:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:05 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:20
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:28 to 06:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:28 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:19 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 12:33
- Karana Kimstughna until 17:09, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:56 – 06:56 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. 05:25 – 06:12
- 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 19:28 – 21:45
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:54 – 19:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:28 – 20:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:04 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:30 – 06:56 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
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 07:38 Pisces
- 07:38 – 09:02 Aries
- 09:02 – 10:52 Taurus
- 10:52 – 13:09 Gemini
- 13:09 – 15:39 Cancer
- 15:39 – 18:09 Leo
- 18:09 – 20:37 Virgo
- 20:37 – 23:08 Libra
- 23:08 – 01:32 next day Scorpio
- 01:32 – 03:34 next day Sagittarius
- 03:34 – 05:06 next day Capricorn
- 05:06 – 06:22 next day Aquarius
- 06:22 – 06:56 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