Washington panchang, 22 August 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 05:37 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
06:29 to 19:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:30
- Yamaganda 16:31 – 18:11
- 14:12 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:46 Moon enters Leo
Night
19:51 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 02:06 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 03:49 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:12, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:12 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:46 Moon enters Leo
- 02:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:11
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 14:46
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:46 – 06:30 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 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:51 – 21:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:06 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:50 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:05 Cancer
- 06:05 – 08:35 Leo
- 08:35 – 11:03 Virgo
- 11:03 – 13:34 Libra
- 13:34 – 15:58 Scorpio
- 15:58 – 17:59 Sagittarius
- 17:59 – 19:32 Capricorn
- 19:32 – 20:48 Aquarius
- 20:48 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 23:24 Aries
- 23:24 – 01:14 next day Taurus
- 01:14 – 03:31 next day Gemini
- 03:31 – 06:01 next day Cancer
- 06:01 – 06:30 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