Washington panchang, 15 August 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 23:26 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
06:23 to 20:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:34
- Yamaganda 16:36 – 18:18
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:01 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:13 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:20
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:51
- Karana Bava until 14:20, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:13 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:18
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. 05:00 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:01 – 22:05
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:47 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Char | 18:18 – 20:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:33 Cancer
- 06:33 – 09:02 Leo
- 09:02 – 11:31 Virgo
- 11:31 – 14:01 Libra
- 14:01 – 16:26 Scorpio
- 16:26 – 18:27 Sagittarius
- 18:27 – 20:00 Capricorn
- 20:00 – 21:15 Aquarius
- 21:15 – 22:28 Pisces
- 22:28 – 23:52 Aries
- 23:52 – 01:42 next day Taurus
- 01:42 – 03:59 next day Gemini
- 03:59 – 06:24 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