Washington panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 02:24 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
06:25 to 19:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:28 – 18:08
- Durmuhurta 18:02 – 18:55
- Rahu Kalam 18:08 – 19:49
- 08:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
19:49 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 14:42
- Karana Bava until 09:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 21:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 18:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:02 – 18:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:08 – 19:49
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. 05:00 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 21:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 03:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:25 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:46 – 11:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:26 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:25 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:45 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:23 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
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:12 Pisces
- 06:12 – 07:36 Aries
- 07:36 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:43 Gemini
- 11:43 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 19:11 Virgo
- 19:11 – 21:41 Libra
- 21:41 – 00:06 next day Scorpio
- 00:06 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 03:40 next day Capricorn
- 03:40 – 04:55 next day Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:08 next day Pisces
- 06:08 – 06:23 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