Washington panchang, 4 October 2025
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 17:32 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
07:08 to 18:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:08 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:02 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:23 – 15:50
- 07:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:44 to 07:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 07:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:39
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 22:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 09:56
- Karana Balava until 07:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 07:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:08 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:41
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:56 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:28 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:30 – 05:26 next day
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. 05:29 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 21:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:31 – 07:09 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:08 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:35 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:23 – 15:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:50 – 17:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:17 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:44 – 20:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:50 – 23:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:23 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:56 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:03 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:46 Leo
- 05:46 – 08:14 Virgo
- 08:14 – 10:45 Libra
- 10:45 – 13:09 Scorpio
- 13:09 – 15:10 Sagittarius
- 15:10 – 16:43 Capricorn
- 16:43 – 17:58 Aquarius
- 17:58 – 19:11 Pisces
- 19:11 – 20:35 Aries
- 20:35 – 22:25 Taurus
- 22:25 – 00:42 next day Gemini
- 00:42 – 03:12 next day Cancer
- 03:12 – 05:42 next day Leo
- 05:42 – 07:09 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