Washington panchang, 5 May 2025
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 13:35 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
06:06 to 20:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:16
- 10:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
20:03 to 06:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:03 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:09 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:09
- Nakshatra Magha until 06:22 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:49
- Karana Balava until 10:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:16
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 – 05:26
- 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 20:03 – 22:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:06 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 20:03 | Good |
| Char | 20:03 – 21:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:19 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:05 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:13 Pisces
- 05:13 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:27 Taurus
- 08:27 – 10:44 Gemini
- 10:44 – 13:14 Cancer
- 13:14 – 15:43 Leo
- 15:43 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:08 next day Sagittarius
- 01:08 – 02:41 next day Capricorn
- 02:41 – 03:56 next day Aquarius
- 03:56 – 05:09 next day Pisces
- 05:09 – 06:05 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