Washington panchang, 24 April 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 04:30 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
06:19 to 19:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:43 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta 10:50 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:10
- 06:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:55 Moon enters Pisces
Night
19:53 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:53 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:15 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 06:25
- Karana Kaulava until 15:43, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:55 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:50 – 11:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:00 – 23:11 next day
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. 04:56 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:53 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:43 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Char | 11:24 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:11 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:24 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:10 Taurus
- 09:10 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 18:55 Virgo
- 18:55 – 21:26 Libra
- 21:26 – 23:50 Scorpio
- 23:50 – 01:51 next day Sagittarius
- 01:51 – 03:24 next day Capricorn
- 03:24 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 05:52 next day Pisces
- 05:52 – 06:18 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