Washington panchang, 19 July 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:28 Moonrise 00:49 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
05:59 to 20:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:51
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:28 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:28 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 15:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 15:25
- Karana Vanija until 15:59, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:25 – 17:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 07:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:14 – 08:09
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. 04:43 – 05:21
- 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 20:28 – 22:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:25 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 21:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:40 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:51 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:49 Gemini
- 05:49 – 08:19 Cancer
- 08:19 – 10:48 Leo
- 10:48 – 13:17 Virgo
- 13:17 – 15:47 Libra
- 15:47 – 18:12 Scorpio
- 18:12 – 20:13 Sagittarius
- 20:13 – 21:46 Capricorn
- 21:46 – 23:01 Aquarius
- 23:01 – 00:14 next day Pisces
- 00:14 – 01:38 next day Aries
- 01:38 – 03:28 next day Taurus
- 03:28 – 05:45 next day Gemini
- 05:45 – 06:00 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