Washington panchang, 19 September 2025
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 04:32 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
06:54 to 19:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:10
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 13:25 – 14:14
- Yamaganda 16:04 – 17:36
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:08 to 06:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 14:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 11:11
- Karana Vanija until 14:07, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:25 – 14:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:07 – 02:24 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:04 – 17:36
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:54 – 22:35
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. 05:20 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:08 – 21:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:35 – 06:55 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:35 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:01 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:04 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 06:55 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:45 Leo
- 06:45 – 09:13 Virgo
- 09:13 – 11:44 Libra
- 11:44 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:09 Sagittarius
- 16:09 – 17:42 Capricorn
- 17:42 – 18:57 Aquarius
- 18:57 – 20:10 Pisces
- 20:10 – 21:34 Aries
- 21:34 – 23:24 Taurus
- 23:24 – 01:41 next day Gemini
- 01:41 – 04:11 next day Cancer
- 04:11 – 06:41 next day Leo
- 06:41 – 06:55 next day Virgo
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