Washington panchang, 12 May 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 20:38 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
05:59 to 20:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 11:18 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:20
- 12:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:57 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
20:10 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:55
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 23:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 20:22
- Karana Bava until 12:55, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:57 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:20
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:22 – 08:43 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. 04:40 – 05:20
- 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 20:10 – 22:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:39 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:32 – 11:18 | Good |
| Rog | 11:18 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 20:10 | Good |
| Char | 20:10 – 21:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:45 Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:09 Aries
- 06:09 – 07:59 Taurus
- 07:59 – 10:16 Gemini
- 10:16 – 12:46 Cancer
- 12:46 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 17:44 Virgo
- 17:44 – 20:15 Libra
- 20:15 – 22:39 Scorpio
- 22:39 – 00:41 next day Sagittarius
- 00:41 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:29 next day Aquarius
- 03:29 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 05:58 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