Washington panchang, 8 September 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:25 Moonrise 19:58 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
06:44 to 19:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta 13:30 – 14:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:53
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 11:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
19:25 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:25 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 11:42
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 10:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 17:50
- Karana Kaulava until 11:42, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 11:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:30 – 14:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:53
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:50 – 20:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:06 – 06:00 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. 05:14 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:25 – 21:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:50 – 19:25 | Good |
| Char | 19:25 – 20:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:20 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:28 Leo
- 07:28 – 09:56 Virgo
- 09:56 – 12:27 Libra
- 12:27 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:53 Sagittarius
- 16:53 – 18:25 Capricorn
- 18:25 – 19:41 Aquarius
- 19:41 – 20:53 Pisces
- 20:53 – 22:18 Aries
- 22:18 – 00:07 next day Taurus
- 00:07 – 02:25 next day Gemini
- 02:25 – 04:55 next day Cancer
- 04:55 – 06:45 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