Washington panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 00:46 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
06:28 to 19:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:27 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:27 – 18:07
- 07:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
19:47 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:37
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:51 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 15:33
- Karana Taitila until 07:37, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:07
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. 05:02 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:47 – 21:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:37 – 06:26 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:51 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:47 – 11:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:27 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Char | 18:07 – 19:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:46 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:26 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:07 Aquarius
- 05:07 – 06:20 Pisces
- 06:20 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:33 Taurus
- 09:33 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 16:50 Leo
- 16:50 – 19:19 Virgo
- 19:19 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 03:48 next day Capricorn
- 03:48 – 05:03 next day Aquarius
- 05:03 – 06:16 next day Pisces
- 06:16 – 06:26 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