Washington panchang, 28 April 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 06:26 Vaishakha 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
06:14 to 19:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 11:23 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:12
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:23 Moon enters Taurus
Night
19:56 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:41
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 10:32
- Karana Bava until 11:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:12
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. 04:52 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:56 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:40 – 11:23 | Good |
| Rog | 11:23 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:56 | Good |
| Char | 19:56 – 21:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:22 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 07:04 Aries
- 07:04 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 11:11 Gemini
- 11:11 – 13:41 Cancer
- 13:41 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 18:39 Virgo
- 18:39 – 21:10 Libra
- 21:10 – 23:34 Scorpio
- 23:34 – 01:36 next day Sagittarius
- 01:36 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:36 next day Pisces
- 05:36 – 06:13 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