Washington panchang, 30 April 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 08:01 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
06:12 to 19:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:48
- 06:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
19:58 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 06:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:04
- Karana Vanija until 15:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:31 – 04:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 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. 04:50 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:58 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 04:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:48 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:21 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 16:03 Leo
- 16:03 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 21:02 Libra
- 21:02 – 23:27 Scorpio
- 23:27 – 01:28 next day Sagittarius
- 01:28 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:16 next day Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 06:11 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