Washington panchang, 23 May 2025
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 03:21 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
05:50 to 20:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 11:16 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:32
- Yamaganda 16:42 – 18:31
- 06:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 09:06 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:19 to 05:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:18 next day Moon enters Aries
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 09:06
- Karana Balava until 13:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 09:06 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:18 next day Moon enters Aries
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:31
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. 04:34 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:19 – 22:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:50 – 13:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:32 – 04:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 04:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:18 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:50 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 11:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:16 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Char | 18:31 – 20:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:19 – 21:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:31 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:26 Aries
- 05:26 – 07:16 Taurus
- 07:16 – 09:33 Gemini
- 09:33 – 12:03 Cancer
- 12:03 – 14:32 Leo
- 14:32 – 17:01 Virgo
- 17:01 – 19:32 Libra
- 19:32 – 21:56 Scorpio
- 21:56 – 23:57 Sagittarius
- 23:57 – 01:30 next day Capricorn
- 01:30 – 02:45 next day Aquarius
- 02:45 – 03:58 next day Pisces
- 03:58 – 05:22 next day Aries
- 05:22 – 05:49 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