Washington panchang, 3 May 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 11:21 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
06:08 to 20:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:08 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:33
- 09:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
20:01 to 06:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:49
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 16:10
- Karana Gara until 09:59, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:33
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:10 – 18:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:49 – 09:51 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. 04:47 – 05:28
- 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 20:01 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:08 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 18:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:17 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:17 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:20 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:21 Pisces
- 05:21 – 06:45 Aries
- 06:45 – 08:34 Taurus
- 08:34 – 10:52 Gemini
- 10:52 – 13:22 Cancer
- 13:22 – 15:51 Leo
- 15:51 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 20:50 Libra
- 20:50 – 23:15 Scorpio
- 23:15 – 01:16 next day Sagittarius
- 01:16 – 02:49 next day Capricorn
- 02:49 – 04:04 next day Aquarius
- 04:04 – 05:17 next day Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:07 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