Washington panchang, 9 May 2025
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 17:35 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
06:02 to 20:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 11:19 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:29
- Yamaganda 16:36 – 18:21
- 14:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:27 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:07 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:12 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 08:00 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 14:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 17:27
- Karana Kaulava until 18:43, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:27 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:12 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:21
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. 04:42 – 05:22
- 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 20:07 – 22:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:39 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:02 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:33 – 11:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:19 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Char | 18:21 – 20:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:57 Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:21 Aries
- 06:21 – 08:11 Taurus
- 08:11 – 10:28 Gemini
- 10:28 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 15:28 Leo
- 15:28 – 17:56 Virgo
- 17:56 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:51 Scorpio
- 22:51 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 02:25 next day Capricorn
- 02:25 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:01 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