Washington panchang, 29 August 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 12:56 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
06:35 to 19:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:25 – 18:03
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:41 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:39 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:52
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:07 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 05:39 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:52, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:23 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:39 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 18:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:39 – 06:29 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. 05:08 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 10:52
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:08 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:09 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:38 Cancer
- 05:38 – 08:07 Leo
- 08:07 – 10:36 Virgo
- 10:36 – 13:06 Libra
- 13:06 – 15:31 Scorpio
- 15:31 – 17:32 Sagittarius
- 17:32 – 19:05 Capricorn
- 19:05 – 20:20 Aquarius
- 20:20 – 21:33 Pisces
- 21:33 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 03:04 next day Gemini
- 03:04 – 05:34 next day Cancer
- 05:34 – 06:36 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