Washington panchang, 20 August 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 03:14 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
06:27 to 19:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:51
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 09:05 Moon enters Cancer
- 14:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:49 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:54 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:15 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 08:43
- Karana Gara until 15:49, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 09:05 Moon enters Cancer
- 14:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:43 – 06:44 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:15 – 14:47 next day
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. 05:03 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:54 – 22:01
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:13 Cancer
- 06:13 – 08:43 Leo
- 08:43 – 11:11 Virgo
- 11:11 – 13:42 Libra
- 13:42 – 16:06 Scorpio
- 16:06 – 18:07 Sagittarius
- 18:07 – 19:40 Capricorn
- 19:40 – 20:55 Aquarius
- 20:55 – 22:08 Pisces
- 22:08 – 23:32 Aries
- 23:32 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:39 next day Gemini
- 03:39 – 06:09 next day Cancer
- 06:09 – 06:28 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