Washington panchang, 5 September 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 18:40 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
06:42 to 19:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:18 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta 13:31 – 14:23
- Yamaganda 16:18 – 17:54
- 14:08 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:43 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:30 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:43
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:21 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:43, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:08 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:22 – 06:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:31 – 14:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:54
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. 05:12 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 14:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:08 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 08:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:30 – 20:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 07:40 Leo
- 07:40 – 10:08 Virgo
- 10:08 – 12:39 Libra
- 12:39 – 15:03 Scorpio
- 15:03 – 17:04 Sagittarius
- 17:04 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 22:29 Aries
- 22:29 – 00:19 next day Taurus
- 00:19 – 02:36 next day Gemini
- 02:36 – 05:06 next day Cancer
- 05:06 – 06:43 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