Washington panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 04:04 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
06:21 to 19:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:25 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:48
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:13 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:52 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:52 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 07:13
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:19 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 09:21
- Karana Vishti until 07:13, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:04 – 07:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:48
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. 04:57 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:52 – 21:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:02 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:19 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:00 Pisces
- 06:00 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 16:30 Leo
- 16:30 – 18:59 Virgo
- 18:59 – 21:30 Libra
- 21:30 – 23:54 Scorpio
- 23:54 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 04:43 next day Aquarius
- 04:43 – 05:56 next day Pisces
- 05:56 – 06:19 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