Washington panchang, 9 August 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 20:40 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
06:17 to 20:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:17 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:41
- 15:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:41 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
20:08 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 02:40 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 04:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:45
- Karana Balava until 15:20, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:41 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:41
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 – 05:37
- 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 20:08 – 22:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:17 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:24 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:56 Cancer
- 06:56 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 11:54 Virgo
- 11:54 – 14:25 Libra
- 14:25 – 16:49 Scorpio
- 16:49 – 18:51 Sagittarius
- 18:51 – 20:23 Capricorn
- 20:23 – 21:39 Aquarius
- 21:39 – 22:51 Pisces
- 22:51 – 00:16 next day Aries
- 00:16 – 02:05 next day Taurus
- 02:05 – 04:23 next day Gemini
- 04:23 – 06:18 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