Washington panchang, 23 August 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 06:44 Bhadrapada 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
06:30 to 19:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:30
- 14:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
19:50 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:59 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:18 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 15:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 02:59 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:08, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:59 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:30
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. 05:05 – 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 19:50 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:10 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:10 – 19:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:01 Cancer
- 06:01 – 08:31 Leo
- 08:31 – 10:59 Virgo
- 10:59 – 13:30 Libra
- 13:30 – 15:54 Scorpio
- 15:54 – 17:56 Sagittarius
- 17:56 – 19:28 Capricorn
- 19:28 – 20:44 Aquarius
- 20:44 – 21:56 Pisces
- 21:56 – 23:21 Aries
- 23:21 – 01:10 next day Taurus
- 01:10 – 03:28 next day Gemini
- 03:28 – 05:58 next day Cancer
- 05:58 – 06:31 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