Washington panchang, 2 May 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 10:11 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
06:09 to 20:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:33 – 18:16
- 10:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
20:00 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:49
- Karana Kaulava until 10:57, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:16
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:49 – 19:49
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:04 – 06:08 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. 04:48 – 05:29
- 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 20:00 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 03:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 03:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 22:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 11:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:21 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Char | 18:16 – 20:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:56 Gemini
- 10:56 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:55 Leo
- 15:55 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 23:19 Scorpio
- 23:19 – 01:20 next day Sagittarius
- 01:20 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:21 next day Pisces
- 05:21 – 06:08 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