Washington panchang, 19 May 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 01:36 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
05:53 to 20:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 11:16 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:23
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:59 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
20:16 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:05 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 20:22
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:59 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:05
- Karana Vishti until 08:36, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:59 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:05 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:23
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 – 05:14
- 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 20:16 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 09:59
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 09:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 09:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 11:16 | Good |
| Rog | 11:16 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 20:16 | Good |
| Char | 20:16 – 21:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 07:31 Taurus
- 07:31 – 09:49 Gemini
- 09:49 – 12:19 Cancer
- 12:19 – 14:48 Leo
- 14:48 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 19:47 Libra
- 19:47 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 01:46 next day Capricorn
- 01:46 – 03:01 next day Aquarius
- 03:01 – 04:14 next day Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:38 next day Aries
- 05:38 – 05:52 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