Washington panchang, 20 May 2025
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:17 Moonrise 02:05 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
05:52 to 20:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 09:28 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:53
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:29
- 07:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:20 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:17 to 05:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:17 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:26
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 17:20
- Karana Balava until 07:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:20 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:20 – 15:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 10:02
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:02 – 05:51 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. 04:35 – 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 20:17 – 22:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 19:26
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:40 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Char | 09:28 – 11:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:16 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:29 | Good |
| Rog | 18:29 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:17 – 21:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:38 Aries
- 05:38 – 07:28 Taurus
- 07:28 – 09:45 Gemini
- 09:45 – 12:15 Cancer
- 12:15 – 14:44 Leo
- 14:44 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 19:43 Libra
- 19:43 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:09 next day Sagittarius
- 00:09 – 01:42 next day Capricorn
- 01:42 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 04:10 next day Pisces
- 04:10 – 05:34 next day Aries
- 05:34 – 05:51 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