Washington panchang, 6 August 2025
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 20:12 Moonrise 18:55 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
06:15 to 20:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:58
- 16:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:12 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:12 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 04:58 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:31 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 21:12
- Karana Kaulava until 16:53, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:58
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. 04:54 – 05:35
- 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 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:12 – 22:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:31 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:27 – 20:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:12 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 07:08 Cancer
- 07:08 – 09:38 Leo
- 09:38 – 12:06 Virgo
- 12:06 – 14:37 Libra
- 14:37 – 17:01 Scorpio
- 17:01 – 19:02 Sagittarius
- 19:02 – 20:35 Capricorn
- 20:35 – 21:50 Aquarius
- 21:50 – 23:03 Pisces
- 23:03 – 00:27 next day Aries
- 00:27 – 02:17 next day Taurus
- 02:17 – 04:34 next day Gemini
- 04:34 – 06:16 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