Washington panchang, 27 August 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 10:53 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
06:34 to 19:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:12 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:48
- 09:51 Moon enters Libra
- 19:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:44 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 23:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 03:48 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:51 Moon enters Libra
- 19:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:48
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. 05:07 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:13 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:12 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 08:15 Leo
- 08:15 – 10:44 Virgo
- 10:44 – 13:14 Libra
- 13:14 – 15:39 Scorpio
- 15:39 – 17:40 Sagittarius
- 17:40 – 19:12 Capricorn
- 19:12 – 20:28 Aquarius
- 20:28 – 21:41 Pisces
- 21:41 – 23:05 Aries
- 23:05 – 00:54 next day Taurus
- 00:54 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 06:34 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