Washington panchang, 3 October 2025
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 17:06 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
07:07 to 18:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 13:20 – 14:06
- Yamaganda 15:51 – 17:18
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:46 to 07:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:03
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 23:39 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 12:15
- Karana Vishti until 09:03, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:56
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:15 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:20 – 14:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:18
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. 05:28 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:46 – 21:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:07 – 09:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:07 – 08:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:56 – 14:24 | Good |
| Rog | 14:24 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Char | 17:18 – 18:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:18 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:51 – 23:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:24 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:57 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:50 Leo
- 05:50 – 08:18 Virgo
- 08:18 – 10:49 Libra
- 10:49 – 13:13 Scorpio
- 13:13 – 15:14 Sagittarius
- 15:14 – 16:47 Capricorn
- 16:47 – 18:02 Aquarius
- 18:02 – 19:15 Pisces
- 19:15 – 20:39 Aries
- 20:39 – 22:29 Taurus
- 22:29 – 00:46 next day Gemini
- 00:46 – 03:16 next day Cancer
- 03:16 – 05:46 next day Leo
- 05:46 – 07:08 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