Washington panchang, 26 September 2025
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 11:46 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 18:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 13:22 – 14:10
- Yamaganda 15:58 – 17:27
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:20 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:57 to 07:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:34 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:20
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:20 Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:22 – 14:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:27
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 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:39 – 21:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:34 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:00 – 08:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:30 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:59 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:58 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Char | 17:27 – 18:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:27 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:58 – 23:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:28 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:17 Leo
- 06:17 – 08:46 Virgo
- 08:46 – 11:16 Libra
- 11:16 – 13:41 Scorpio
- 13:41 – 15:42 Sagittarius
- 15:42 – 17:15 Capricorn
- 17:15 – 18:30 Aquarius
- 18:30 – 19:43 Pisces
- 19:43 – 21:07 Aries
- 21:07 – 22:56 Taurus
- 22:56 – 01:14 next day Gemini
- 01:14 – 03:44 next day Cancer
- 03:44 – 06:13 next day Leo
- 06:13 – 07:01 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