Washington panchang, 12 September 2025
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 22:07 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
06:48 to 19:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 10:08
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:28 – 14:19
- Yamaganda 16:11 – 17:45
- 08:00 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:19 to 06:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:53
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:41 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 01:02 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:09, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:00 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 10:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:28 – 14:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:02 – 02:14 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. 05:16 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:48 – 00:41 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:48 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:48 – 08:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:22 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:03 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:11 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:23 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:12 Leo
- 07:12 – 09:41 Virgo
- 09:41 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:36 Scorpio
- 14:36 – 16:37 Sagittarius
- 16:37 – 18:10 Capricorn
- 18:10 – 19:25 Aquarius
- 19:25 – 20:38 Pisces
- 20:38 – 22:02 Aries
- 22:02 – 23:51 Taurus
- 23:51 – 02:09 next day Gemini
- 02:09 – 04:39 next day Cancer
- 04:39 – 06:49 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