Washington panchang, 1 October 2025
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 16:03 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
07:05 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:57 – 14:25
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:49 to 07:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:43 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:03
- Karana Kaulava until 09:31, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:25
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. 05:27 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:05 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 12:57 | Good |
| Rog | 12:57 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:21 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:21 – 21:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:53 – 23:25 | Good |
| Char | 23:25 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 05:57 Leo
- 05:57 – 08:26 Virgo
- 08:26 – 10:57 Libra
- 10:57 – 13:21 Scorpio
- 13:21 – 15:22 Sagittarius
- 15:22 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 18:10 Aquarius
- 18:10 – 19:23 Pisces
- 19:23 – 20:47 Aries
- 20:47 – 22:37 Taurus
- 22:37 – 00:54 next day Gemini
- 00:54 – 03:24 next day Cancer
- 03:24 – 05:54 next day Leo
- 05:54 – 07:06 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