Washington panchang, 8 May 2025
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 16:36 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
06:03 to 20:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:03 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:34 – 11:19
- Durmuhurta 10:44 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:17
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
20:06 to 06:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 05:26 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 16:26
- Karana Bava until 16:11, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:44 – 11:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:26 – 17:38
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:03 – 11:36
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. 04:43 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:06 – 22:05
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:03 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:34 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Char | 11:19 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 20:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:20 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:18 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:01 Pisces
- 05:01 – 06:25 Aries
- 06:25 – 08:15 Taurus
- 08:15 – 10:32 Gemini
- 10:32 – 13:02 Cancer
- 13:02 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 18:00 Virgo
- 18:00 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 22:55 Scorpio
- 22:55 – 00:56 next day Sagittarius
- 00:56 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 04:57 next day Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:02 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