Washington panchang, 17 July 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 20:30 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
05:58 to 20:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta 10:48 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:35
- 09:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:09 Moon enters Aries
Night
20:30 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:30 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:39
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:18
- Karana Bava until 09:39, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:09 Moon enters Aries
- 20:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:48 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:35
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. 04:42 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:30 – 22:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 18:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:09 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Char | 11:25 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 21:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:41 – 22:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:52 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:57 Gemini
- 05:57 – 08:27 Cancer
- 08:27 – 10:56 Leo
- 10:56 – 13:25 Virgo
- 13:25 – 15:55 Libra
- 15:55 – 18:20 Scorpio
- 18:20 – 20:21 Sagittarius
- 20:21 – 21:54 Capricorn
- 21:54 – 23:09 Aquarius
- 23:09 – 00:22 next day Pisces
- 00:22 – 01:46 next day Aries
- 01:46 – 03:36 next day Taurus
- 03:36 – 05:53 next day Gemini
- 05:53 – 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