Washington panchang, 2 August 2025
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 15:09 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
06:11 to 20:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:11 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:45
- 11:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:22 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
20:16 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:12 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:05 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 20:54
- Karana Balava until 11:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:22 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:45
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. 04:52 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:16 – 22:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 18:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:11 – 00:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:05 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:11 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:28 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:31 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:16 – 21:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:31 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 04:54 Gemini
- 04:54 – 07:24 Cancer
- 07:24 – 09:53 Leo
- 09:53 – 12:22 Virgo
- 12:22 – 14:52 Libra
- 14:52 – 17:17 Scorpio
- 17:17 – 19:18 Sagittarius
- 19:18 – 20:51 Capricorn
- 20:51 – 22:06 Aquarius
- 22:06 – 23:19 Pisces
- 23:19 – 00:43 next day Aries
- 00:43 – 02:33 next day Taurus
- 02:33 – 04:50 next day Gemini
- 04:50 – 06:12 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