Washington panchang, 21 August 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 04:26 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
06:28 to 19:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam 09:49 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:56 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:12
- 06:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
19:53 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:53 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:26 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 02:26 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:44
- Karana Vishti until 14:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:26 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:15 – 14:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:56 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:12
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:05 – 16:27 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. 05:04 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:53 – 22:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:28 – 14:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 14:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:26 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:09 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:49 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:12 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:09 Cancer
- 06:09 – 08:39 Leo
- 08:39 – 11:07 Virgo
- 11:07 – 13:38 Libra
- 13:38 – 16:02 Scorpio
- 16:02 – 18:03 Sagittarius
- 18:03 – 19:36 Capricorn
- 19:36 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:04 Pisces
- 22:04 – 23:28 Aries
- 23:28 – 01:18 next day Taurus
- 01:18 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 06:05 next day Cancer
- 06:05 – 06:29 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