Washington panchang, 8 August 2025
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 20:11 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
06:16 to 20:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Durmuhurta 13:41 – 14:36
- Yamaganda 16:41 – 18:25
- 16:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
20:09 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:55 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:53 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:38
- Karana Vishti until 16:22, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:41 – 14:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:25
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. 04:56 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:09 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 04:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:55 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:45 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Char | 18:25 – 20:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 07:00 Cancer
- 07:00 – 09:30 Leo
- 09:30 – 11:58 Virgo
- 11:58 – 14:29 Libra
- 14:29 – 16:53 Scorpio
- 16:53 – 18:55 Sagittarius
- 18:55 – 20:27 Capricorn
- 20:27 – 21:43 Aquarius
- 21:43 – 22:55 Pisces
- 22:55 – 00:19 next day Aries
- 00:19 – 02:09 next day Taurus
- 02:09 – 04:27 next day Gemini
- 04:27 – 06:17 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