Washington panchang, 1 May 2025
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 09:03 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
06:11 to 19:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:11 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta 10:47 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:14
- 12:44 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:59 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:45
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:34 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:08
- Karana Bava until 12:44, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:47 – 11:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:14
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 03:34 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. 04:49 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:59 – 22:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:11 – 23:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:34 – 06:09 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:34 – 06:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:34 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:11 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:54 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Char | 11:21 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:16 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:09 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
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:28 Pisces
- 05:28 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 08:42 Taurus
- 08:42 – 11:00 Gemini
- 11:00 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:58 Libra
- 20:58 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:24 next day Sagittarius
- 01:24 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 04:12 next day Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:24 next day Pisces
- 05:24 – 06:09 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