Washington panchang, 24 September 2025
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 09:43 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
06:59 to 19:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:59 – 14:29
- 08:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:00 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:36
- Nakshatra Swati until 09:38 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 11:32
- Karana Taitila until 08:27, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:32 – 12:23 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:29
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. 05:23 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:59 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 12:59 | Good |
| Rog | 12:59 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:00 – 20:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:30 – 22:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:00 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:25 Leo
- 06:25 – 08:54 Virgo
- 08:54 – 11:24 Libra
- 11:24 – 13:49 Scorpio
- 13:49 – 15:50 Sagittarius
- 15:50 – 17:22 Capricorn
- 17:22 – 18:38 Aquarius
- 18:38 – 19:50 Pisces
- 19:50 – 21:15 Aries
- 21:15 – 23:04 Taurus
- 23:04 – 01:22 next day Gemini
- 01:22 – 03:52 next day Cancer
- 03:52 – 06:21 next day Leo
- 06:21 – 07:00 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