Washington panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 19:59 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
06:24 to 19:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:24 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:35
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:08 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
19:59 to 06:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:05
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:58
- Karana Kaulava until 12:05, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:08 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:59 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:58 – 22:34
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. 05:01 – 05:42
- 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 19:59 – 22:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:05 – 06:25 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 19:08 – 06:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:08 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:24 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:17 – 19:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:29 Cancer
- 06:29 – 08:58 Leo
- 08:58 – 11:27 Virgo
- 11:27 – 13:57 Libra
- 13:57 – 16:22 Scorpio
- 16:22 – 18:23 Sagittarius
- 18:23 – 19:56 Capricorn
- 19:56 – 21:11 Aquarius
- 21:11 – 22:24 Pisces
- 22:24 – 23:48 Aries
- 23:48 – 01:38 next day Taurus
- 01:38 – 03:55 next day Gemini
- 03:55 – 06:25 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