Washington panchang, 28 August 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 11:54 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 19:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:13
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:05
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:42 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:08 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 04:42 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:05
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. 05:08 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:42 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 02:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:13 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:04 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:42 Cancer
- 05:42 – 08:11 Leo
- 08:11 – 10:40 Virgo
- 10:40 – 13:10 Libra
- 13:10 – 15:35 Scorpio
- 15:35 – 17:36 Sagittarius
- 17:36 – 19:09 Capricorn
- 19:09 – 20:24 Aquarius
- 20:24 – 21:37 Pisces
- 21:37 – 23:01 Aries
- 23:01 – 00:50 next day Taurus
- 00:50 – 03:08 next day Gemini
- 03:08 – 05:38 next day Cancer
- 05:38 – 06:35 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