Washington panchang, 12 August 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 21:56 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
06:20 to 20:05- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:46 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:22
- 09:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:05 to 06:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 01:02 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:23
- Karana Bava until 10:10, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:22
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. 04:58 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:05 – 22:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 01:02 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 01:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:20 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Char | 09:46 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:22 | Good |
| Rog | 18:22 – 20:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:05 – 21:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:47 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:45 Cancer
- 06:45 – 09:14 Leo
- 09:14 – 11:43 Virgo
- 11:43 – 14:13 Libra
- 14:13 – 16:38 Scorpio
- 16:38 – 18:39 Sagittarius
- 18:39 – 20:11 Capricorn
- 20:11 – 21:27 Aquarius
- 21:27 – 22:39 Pisces
- 22:39 – 00:04 next day Aries
- 00:04 – 01:53 next day Taurus
- 01:53 – 04:11 next day Gemini
- 04:11 – 06:21 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