Washington panchang, 20 July 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:28 Moonrise 01:27 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
06:00 to 20:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 15:02
- Gulika Kalam 16:51 – 18:39
- Durmuhurta 18:32 – 19:30
- Rahu Kalam 18:39 – 20:28
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:23 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:28 to 06:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:28 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:09 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 13:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 12:18
- Karana Bava until 13:26, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:23 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 15:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:32 – 19:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:39 – 20:28
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. 04:44 – 05:22
- 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 – 22:22
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:37 – 11:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:25 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:51 | Good |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 21:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:39 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:45 Gemini
- 05:45 – 08:15 Cancer
- 08:15 – 10:44 Leo
- 10:44 – 13:13 Virgo
- 13:13 – 15:44 Libra
- 15:44 – 18:08 Scorpio
- 18:08 – 20:09 Sagittarius
- 20:09 – 21:42 Capricorn
- 21:42 – 22:57 Aquarius
- 22:57 – 00:10 next day Pisces
- 00:10 – 01:34 next day Aries
- 01:34 – 03:24 next day Taurus
- 03:24 – 05:41 next day Gemini
- 05:41 – 06:01 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