Washington panchang, 14 May 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:11 Moonrise 22:40 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
05:57 to 20:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:51
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:11 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:11 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:59
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:37 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 21:31
- Karana Gara until 16:59, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:51
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. 04:39 – 05:18
- 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 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:11 – 22:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 16:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:25 – 20:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:11 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:02 Aries
- 06:02 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:09 Gemini
- 10:09 – 12:39 Cancer
- 12:39 – 15:08 Leo
- 15:08 – 17:36 Virgo
- 17:36 – 20:07 Libra
- 20:07 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:33 next day Sagittarius
- 00:33 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 03:21 next day Aquarius
- 03:21 – 04:33 next day Pisces
- 04:33 – 05:56 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