Washington panchang, 21 April 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 03:03 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
06:23 to 19:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 11:26 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:08
- 09:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
19:50 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 09:29
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:14 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:30
- Karana Kaulava until 09:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:08
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. 04:59 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:50 – 21:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 03:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 03:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:45 – 11:26 | Good |
| Rog | 11:26 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:50 | Good |
| Char | 19:50 – 21:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:25 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:08 Pisces
- 06:08 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 16:38 Leo
- 16:38 – 19:07 Virgo
- 19:07 – 21:37 Libra
- 21:37 – 00:02 next day Scorpio
- 00:02 – 02:03 next day Sagittarius
- 02:03 – 03:36 next day Capricorn
- 03:36 – 04:51 next day Aquarius
- 04:51 – 06:04 next day Pisces
- 06:04 – 06:22 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