Washington panchang, 25 September 2025
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 10:44 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
07:00 to 18:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:00 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:34
- 09:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 10:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:58 to 07:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:53 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:03 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 09:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:23
- Karana Vanija until 10:49, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 10:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:53 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:23 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:34
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. 05:24 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:58 – 21:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 09:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:03 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:29 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:59 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 18:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:28 – 21:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:59 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:29 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:00 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
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:21 Leo
- 06:21 – 08:50 Virgo
- 08:50 – 11:20 Libra
- 11:20 – 13:45 Scorpio
- 13:45 – 15:46 Sagittarius
- 15:46 – 17:18 Capricorn
- 17:18 – 18:34 Aquarius
- 18:34 – 19:47 Pisces
- 19:47 – 21:11 Aries
- 21:11 – 23:00 Taurus
- 23:00 – 01:18 next day Gemini
- 01:18 – 03:48 next day Cancer
- 03:48 – 06:17 next day Leo
- 06:17 – 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