Washington panchang, 21 July 2025
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 20:27 Moonrise 02:13 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
06:01 to 20:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 11:26 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Durmuhurta 13:43 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:34
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
20:27 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:27 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:45 Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 21:36
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:08
- Karana Kaulava until 10:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:45 Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:43 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:34
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 – 05:23
- 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 20:27 – 22:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 11:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:37 – 06:02 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:37 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:37 – 11:26 | Good |
| Rog | 11:26 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 21:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:39 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:41 Gemini
- 05:41 – 08:11 Cancer
- 08:11 – 10:41 Leo
- 10:41 – 13:09 Virgo
- 13:09 – 15:40 Libra
- 15:40 – 18:04 Scorpio
- 18:04 – 20:05 Sagittarius
- 20:05 – 21:38 Capricorn
- 21:38 – 22:53 Aquarius
- 22:53 – 00:06 next day Pisces
- 00:06 – 01:30 next day Aries
- 01:30 – 03:20 next day Taurus
- 03:20 – 05:37 next day Gemini
- 05:37 – 06:02 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