Washington panchang, 17 August 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 00:09 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
06:25 to 19:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:53
- Gulika Kalam 16:35 – 18:16
- Durmuhurta 18:10 – 19:04
- Rahu Kalam 18:16 – 19:58
- 09:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 09:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
19:58 to 06:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:10 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 09:54
- Nakshatra Rohini until 17:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:10
- Karana Gara until 09:54, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 09:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:10 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:10 – 19:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:16 – 19:58
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:04
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:25 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 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
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:25 Cancer
- 06:25 – 08:54 Leo
- 08:54 – 11:23 Virgo
- 11:23 – 13:53 Libra
- 13:53 – 16:18 Scorpio
- 16:18 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 19:52 Capricorn
- 19:52 – 21:07 Aquarius
- 21:07 – 22:20 Pisces
- 22:20 – 23:44 Aries
- 23:44 – 01:34 next day Taurus
- 01:34 – 03:51 next day Gemini
- 03:51 – 06:21 next day Cancer
- 06:21 – 06:25 next day Leo
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