Washington panchang, 9 April 2025
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 16:44 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
06:41 to 19:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:32 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:47
- 08:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:38 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:26
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:54 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 08:55
- Karana Balava until 13:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:22 – 12:35
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. 05:12 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 13:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:18 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:32 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:38 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:39 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:42 Aquarius
- 05:42 – 06:55 Pisces
- 06:55 – 08:19 Aries
- 08:19 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:56 Cancer
- 14:56 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 19:54 Virgo
- 19:54 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:49 next day Scorpio
- 00:49 – 02:50 next day Sagittarius
- 02:50 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
- 05:38 – 06:39 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