Washington panchang, 3 September 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 17:31 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
06:40 to 19:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:43
- 06:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:33 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:38 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 06:47
- Karana Vanija until 06:43, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:43
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. 05:11 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 13:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:52 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:33 – 20:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:18 Cancer
- 05:18 – 07:48 Leo
- 07:48 – 10:16 Virgo
- 10:16 – 12:47 Libra
- 12:47 – 15:11 Scorpio
- 15:11 – 17:12 Sagittarius
- 17:12 – 18:45 Capricorn
- 18:45 – 20:00 Aquarius
- 20:00 – 21:13 Pisces
- 21:13 – 22:37 Aries
- 22:37 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:44 next day Gemini
- 02:44 – 05:14 next day Cancer
- 05:14 – 06:41 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