Washington panchang, 12 April 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 19:41 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
06:36 to 19:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:21
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:25
- 07:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
19:41 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:09 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:10
- Karana Vishti until 07:06, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:09 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 08:37
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:37 – 06:35 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. 05:09 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:31 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 18:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:41 – 21:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:30 Aquarius
- 05:30 – 06:43 Pisces
- 06:43 – 08:07 Aries
- 08:07 – 09:57 Taurus
- 09:57 – 12:14 Gemini
- 12:14 – 14:44 Cancer
- 14:44 – 17:14 Leo
- 17:14 – 19:42 Virgo
- 19:42 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:37 next day Scorpio
- 00:37 – 02:38 next day Sagittarius
- 02:38 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:27 next day Aquarius
- 05:27 – 06:35 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