Washington panchang, 23 September 2025
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 08:41 Ashwin 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
06:58 to 19:01- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:00 – 14:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:00 – 17:31
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:26 Moon enters Libra
Night
19:01 to 06:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 19:22
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:46 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 10:53
- Karana Kaulava until 19:22, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:26 Moon enters Libra
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:31
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. 05:22 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:01 – 21:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:22 – 06:59 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:46 – 06:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:28 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 13:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:00 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:00 – 17:31 | Good |
| Rog | 17:31 – 19:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:01 – 20:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:31 – 22:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:01 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:59 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:29 – 06:59 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
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:29 Leo
- 06:29 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 11:28 Libra
- 11:28 – 13:53 Scorpio
- 13:53 – 15:54 Sagittarius
- 15:54 – 17:26 Capricorn
- 17:26 – 18:42 Aquarius
- 18:42 – 19:54 Pisces
- 19:54 – 21:19 Aries
- 21:19 – 23:08 Taurus
- 23:08 – 01:26 next day Gemini
- 01:26 – 03:56 next day Cancer
- 03:56 – 06:25 next day Leo
- 06:25 – 06:59 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