Washington panchang, 15 September 2025
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 19:14 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
06:50 to 19:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:56
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:27 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:46
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
19:14 to 06:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:14 – 21:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 16:01
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:04
- Karana Gara until 16:01, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:25 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:27 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:46
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. 05:18 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:14 – 21:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:14 | Good |
| Char | 19:14 – 20:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:41 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:09 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:36 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:24 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:00 Leo
- 07:00 – 09:29 Virgo
- 09:29 – 11:59 Libra
- 11:59 – 14:24 Scorpio
- 14:24 – 16:25 Sagittarius
- 16:25 – 17:58 Capricorn
- 17:58 – 19:13 Aquarius
- 19:13 – 20:26 Pisces
- 20:26 – 21:50 Aries
- 21:50 – 23:40 Taurus
- 23:40 – 01:57 next day Gemini
- 01:57 – 04:27 next day Cancer
- 04:27 – 06:51 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