Washington panchang, 21 September 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:05 Moonrise 06:40 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
06:56 to 19:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 13:00 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam 16:02 – 17:34
- Durmuhurta 17:27 – 18:16
- Rahu Kalam 17:34 – 19:05
- 10:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:05 to 06:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:05 – 21:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 15:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:54 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 10:22
- Karana Naga until 15:54, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:27 – 18:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:34 – 19:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:09 – 16:19
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 – 06:09
- 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 19:05 – 21:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 01:54 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:54 – 06:57 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:54 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 13:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:00 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 16:02 | Good |
| Rog | 16:02 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:03 | Good |
| Char | 22:03 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:01 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:28 – 06:57 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
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:37 Leo
- 06:37 – 09:05 Virgo
- 09:05 – 11:36 Libra
- 11:36 – 14:00 Scorpio
- 14:00 – 16:02 Sagittarius
- 16:02 – 17:34 Capricorn
- 17:34 – 18:50 Aquarius
- 18:50 – 20:02 Pisces
- 20:02 – 21:27 Aries
- 21:27 – 23:16 Taurus
- 23:16 – 01:34 next day Gemini
- 01:34 – 04:03 next day Cancer
- 04:03 – 06:33 next day Leo
- 06:33 – 06:57 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