Washington panchang, 7 April 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 14:39 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
06:44 to 19:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:36
- Durmuhurta 13:36 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 17:02
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:36 to 06:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:25 Moon enters Leo
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:30
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:48
- Karana Gara until 10:30, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:25 Moon enters Leo
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:57
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:48 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:36 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 17:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:02 – 11:43 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. 05:15 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 22:25
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:20 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:36 | Good |
| Char | 19:36 – 20:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:09 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:19 – 06:42 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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:50 Aquarius
- 05:50 – 07:03 Pisces
- 07:03 – 08:27 Aries
- 08:27 – 10:17 Taurus
- 10:17 – 12:34 Gemini
- 12:34 – 15:04 Cancer
- 15:04 – 17:33 Leo
- 17:33 – 20:02 Virgo
- 20:02 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 00:57 next day Scorpio
- 00:57 – 02:58 next day Sagittarius
- 02:58 – 04:31 next day Capricorn
- 04:31 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
- 05:46 – 06:42 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