Washington panchang, 20 September 2025
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:06 Moonrise 05:37 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
06:55 to 19:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:55 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 16:03
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:47 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:06 to 06:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:06 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 06:28 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 14:47
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 00:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 10:36
- Karana Shakuni until 14:47, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:47 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 00:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 06:28 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 16:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:02 – 06:56 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. 05:21 – 06:08
- 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 19:06 – 21:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:55 – 14:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:26 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Char | 13:01 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:35 – 19:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:06 – 20:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:35 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:04 – 23:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:32 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:58 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:27 – 06:56 next day | Good |
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
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:41 Leo
- 06:41 – 09:09 Virgo
- 09:09 – 11:40 Libra
- 11:40 – 14:04 Scorpio
- 14:04 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 17:38 Capricorn
- 17:38 – 18:54 Aquarius
- 18:54 – 20:06 Pisces
- 20:06 – 21:30 Aries
- 21:30 – 23:20 Taurus
- 23:20 – 01:37 next day Gemini
- 01:37 – 04:07 next day Cancer
- 04:07 – 06:37 next day Leo
- 06:37 – 06:56 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