Washington panchang, 13 April 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 20:42 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
06:35 to 19:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:25 – 18:04
- Durmuhurta 17:57 – 18:49
- Rahu Kalam 18:04 – 19:42
- 09:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
19:42 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:55 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:55
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:40 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 12:09
- Karana Balava until 09:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:55 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:09 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 18:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:57 – 18:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:04 – 19:42
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. 05:08 – 05:51
- 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 19:42 – 21:52
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:13 – 09:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:52 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:08 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:33 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
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:27 Aquarius
- 05:27 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 08:03 Aries
- 08:03 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 14:40 Cancer
- 14:40 – 17:10 Leo
- 17:10 – 19:38 Virgo
- 19:38 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:33 next day Scorpio
- 00:33 – 02:35 next day Sagittarius
- 02:35 – 04:07 next day Capricorn
- 04:07 – 05:23 next day Aquarius
- 05:23 – 06:33 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