Washington panchang, 4 May 2025
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 12:30 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
06:07 to 20:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam 16:33 – 18:18
- Durmuhurta 18:11 – 19:07
- Rahu Kalam 18:18 – 20:02
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
20:02 to 06:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:31 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 22:06
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 15:11
- Karana Vishti until 09:51, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:31 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:49 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:11 – 19:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:18 – 20:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:58 – 04:07 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. 04:46 – 05:27
- 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 20:02 – 22:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:31 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:07 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:52 – 09:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:36 – 11:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:20 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 20:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:41 Aries
- 06:41 – 08:30 Taurus
- 08:30 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 13:18 Cancer
- 13:18 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:46 Libra
- 20:46 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 02:45 next day Capricorn
- 02:45 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:13 next day Pisces
- 05:13 – 06:06 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