Washington panchang, 16 May 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:13 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
05:55 to 20:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:44
- Rahu Kalam 11:17 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:30
- Yamaganda 16:39 – 18:26
- 06:37 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 07:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:13 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:44
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:37 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:38
- Karana Bava until 07:11, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:37 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 07:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:26
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. 04:38 – 05:16
- 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 20:13 – 22:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 11:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Char | 18:26 – 20:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:13 – 21:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:43 Taurus
- 07:43 – 10:01 Gemini
- 10:01 – 12:31 Cancer
- 12:31 – 15:00 Leo
- 15:00 – 17:29 Virgo
- 17:29 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:25 next day Sagittarius
- 00:25 – 01:57 next day Capricorn
- 01:57 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 05:50 next day Aries
- 05:50 – 05:54 next day Taurus
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