Washington panchang, 31 March 2025
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 07:57 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
06:55 to 19:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 10:03
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:58
- 09:55 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:29 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:17 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 00:17 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:55, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:17 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:15 – 05:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:58
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. 05:23 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:29 – 21:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:36 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:29 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:55 – 19:29 | Good |
| Char | 19:29 – 20:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:28 – 06:53 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
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:18 Aquarius
- 06:18 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 08:55 Aries
- 08:55 – 10:44 Taurus
- 10:44 – 13:02 Gemini
- 13:02 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 18:01 Leo
- 18:01 – 20:29 Virgo
- 20:29 – 23:00 Libra
- 23:00 – 01:24 next day Scorpio
- 01:24 – 03:26 next day Sagittarius
- 03:26 – 04:58 next day Capricorn
- 04:58 – 06:14 next day Aquarius
- 06:14 – 06:53 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