Washington panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 01:02 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 19:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:14
- 07:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:57 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 07:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:29
- Karana Vishti until 07:53, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:29 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:14
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. 05:02 – 05:44
- 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 19:57 – 22:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:25 – 16:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 16:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:57 | Good |
| Char | 19:57 – 21:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:26 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:21 Cancer
- 06:21 – 08:50 Leo
- 08:50 – 11:19 Virgo
- 11:19 – 13:50 Libra
- 13:50 – 16:14 Scorpio
- 16:14 – 18:15 Sagittarius
- 18:15 – 19:48 Capricorn
- 19:48 – 21:03 Aquarius
- 21:03 – 22:16 Pisces
- 22:16 – 23:40 Aries
- 23:40 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:47 next day Gemini
- 03:47 – 06:17 next day Cancer
- 06:17 – 06:26 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