Washington panchang, 5 October 2025
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 17:57 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
07:09 to 18:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 12:56 – 14:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:49 – 17:16
- Durmuhurta 17:10 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam 17:16 – 18:42
- 15:15 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:42 to 07:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 02:54 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:46 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 03:43 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:18, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:15 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:10 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:16 – 18:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:54 – 13:23 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. 05:30 – 06:19
- 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 18:42 – 21:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:09 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:46 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 10:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:02 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 12:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:56 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:22 – 15:49 | Good |
| Rog | 15:49 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:42 – 20:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:16 – 21:49 | Good |
| Char | 21:49 – 23:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:23 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:42 Leo
- 05:42 – 08:10 Virgo
- 08:10 – 10:41 Libra
- 10:41 – 13:05 Scorpio
- 13:05 – 15:06 Sagittarius
- 15:06 – 16:39 Capricorn
- 16:39 – 17:55 Aquarius
- 17:55 – 19:07 Pisces
- 19:07 – 20:31 Aries
- 20:31 – 22:21 Taurus
- 22:21 – 00:38 next day Gemini
- 00:38 – 03:08 next day Cancer
- 03:08 – 05:38 next day Leo
- 05:38 – 07:10 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