Washington panchang, 24 August 2025
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 07:49 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
06:31 to 19:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam 16:29 – 18:09
- Durmuhurta 18:02 – 18:55
- Rahu Kalam 18:09 – 19:48
- 14:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:48 to 06:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 03:05 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:35 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 02:36 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:37, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:02 – 18:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:09 – 19:48
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 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:35 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:11 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:27 Leo
- 08:27 – 10:55 Virgo
- 10:55 – 13:26 Libra
- 13:26 – 15:50 Scorpio
- 15:50 – 17:52 Sagittarius
- 17:52 – 19:24 Capricorn
- 19:24 – 20:40 Aquarius
- 20:40 – 21:52 Pisces
- 21:52 – 23:17 Aries
- 23:17 – 01:06 next day Taurus
- 01:06 – 03:24 next day Gemini
- 03:24 – 05:54 next day Cancer
- 05:54 – 06:32 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