Washington panchang, 17 May 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:14 Moonrise 00:22 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
05:54 to 20:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:54 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:39
- 08:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:33 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
20:14 to 05:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:14 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 21:12
- Karana Kaulava until 08:09, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:39
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. 04:37 – 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 20:14 – 22:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:54 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:14 – 21:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:27 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 23:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:50 Aries
- 05:50 – 07:39 Taurus
- 07:39 – 09:57 Gemini
- 09:57 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 14:56 Leo
- 14:56 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:21 next day Sagittarius
- 00:21 – 01:54 next day Capricorn
- 01:54 – 03:09 next day Aquarius
- 03:09 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 05:46 next day Aries
- 05:46 – 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