Washington panchang, 7 May 2025
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 15:37 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
06:04 to 20:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:19 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:50
- 08:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:27 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
20:05 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:47 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 15:34
- Karana Vanija until 13:52, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:27 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:52 – 15:27
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. 04:44 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:05 – 22:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 08:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:59 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:19 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:20 – 20:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:05 Pisces
- 05:05 – 06:29 Aries
- 06:29 – 08:19 Taurus
- 08:19 – 10:36 Gemini
- 10:36 – 13:06 Cancer
- 13:06 – 15:35 Leo
- 15:35 – 18:04 Virgo
- 18:04 – 20:34 Libra
- 20:34 – 22:59 Scorpio
- 22:59 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 05:01 next day Pisces
- 05:01 – 06:03 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