Washington panchang, 1 September 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 15:56 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
06:38 to 19:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 17:01
- 07:01 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:36 to 06:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:13
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 07:01
- Karana Kaulava until 17:13, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:01 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 17:01
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. 05:10 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:36 | Good |
| Char | 19:36 – 20:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:16 – 06:39 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:26 Cancer
- 05:26 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 10:24 Virgo
- 10:24 – 12:54 Libra
- 12:54 – 15:19 Scorpio
- 15:19 – 17:20 Sagittarius
- 17:20 – 18:53 Capricorn
- 18:53 – 20:08 Aquarius
- 20:08 – 21:21 Pisces
- 21:21 – 22:45 Aries
- 22:45 – 00:35 next day Taurus
- 00:35 – 02:52 next day Gemini
- 02:52 – 05:22 next day Cancer
- 05:22 – 06:39 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