Washington panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 23:47 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
06:30 to 19:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:47
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:45 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:53 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:48
- Karana Bava until 16:53, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:02 – 14:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:47
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. 05:04 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 21:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:30 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:45 – 21:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:15 Aquarius
- 05:15 – 06:27 Pisces
- 06:27 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:58 Leo
- 16:58 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 00:22 next day Scorpio
- 00:22 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:11 next day Aquarius
- 05:11 – 06:23 next day Pisces
- 06:23 – 06:29 next day Aries
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