Washington panchang, 30 July 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 12:05 Shravana 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
06:08 to 20:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 15:00
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
20:19 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:12
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 18:10
- Karana Taitila until 17:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 15:00
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. 04:50 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:19 – 22:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 12:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 12:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:12 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:19 – 21:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:33 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:06 Gemini
- 05:06 – 07:36 Cancer
- 07:36 – 10:05 Leo
- 10:05 – 12:34 Virgo
- 12:34 – 15:04 Libra
- 15:04 – 17:29 Scorpio
- 17:29 – 19:30 Sagittarius
- 19:30 – 21:03 Capricorn
- 21:03 – 22:18 Aquarius
- 22:18 – 23:31 Pisces
- 23:31 – 00:55 next day Aries
- 00:55 – 02:44 next day Taurus
- 02:44 – 05:02 next day Gemini
- 05:02 – 06:09 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