Washington panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 01:02 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 20:15- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam 16:40 – 18:27
- Durmuhurta 18:20 – 19:18
- Rahu Kalam 18:27 – 20:15
- 08:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
20:15 to 05:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:42
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 20:22
- Karana Gara until 08:39, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:20 – 19:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:27 – 20:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:24 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:22 – 04:26 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. 04:36 – 05:15
- 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 20:15 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 09:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:22 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 11:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:40 | Good |
| Rog | 16:40 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:41 – 05:53 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 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 07:35 Taurus
- 07:35 – 09:53 Gemini
- 09:53 – 12:23 Cancer
- 12:23 – 14:52 Leo
- 14:52 – 17:21 Virgo
- 17:21 – 19:51 Libra
- 19:51 – 22:16 Scorpio
- 22:16 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 01:50 next day Capricorn
- 01:50 – 03:05 next day Aquarius
- 03:05 – 04:18 next day Pisces
- 04:18 – 05:42 next day Aries
- 05:42 – 05:53 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