Washington panchang, 16 July 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:30 Moonrise 23:52 Ashadha 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
05:57 to 20:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:24 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 15:03
- 11:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:20 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
20:30 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:30 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:58 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 11:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:20 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:58
- Karana Vanija until 11:32, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:20 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:58 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:27 – 04:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 13:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:32 – 22:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 15:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:20 – 05:58 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. 04:41 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:30 – 22:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 19:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:32 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:24 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:41 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 21:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:41 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:01 Gemini
- 06:01 – 08:31 Cancer
- 08:31 – 11:00 Leo
- 11:00 – 13:29 Virgo
- 13:29 – 15:59 Libra
- 15:59 – 18:24 Scorpio
- 18:24 – 20:25 Sagittarius
- 20:25 – 21:58 Capricorn
- 21:58 – 23:13 Aquarius
- 23:13 – 00:26 next day Pisces
- 00:26 – 01:50 next day Aries
- 01:50 – 03:40 next day Taurus
- 03:40 – 05:57 next day Gemini
- 05:57 – 05:58 next day Cancer
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