Washington panchang, 9 October 2025
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 20:03 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
07:13 to 18:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 11:01 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:20 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:34 – 16:20
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:02 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:53 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:36 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:36 – 21:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:44 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:24
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:32 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 12:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:24, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:02 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:53 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:44 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:01 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:34 – 16:20
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. 05:32 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 21:08
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 12:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:55 – 14:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:20 – 15:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:45 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:36 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:11 – 21:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:46 – 23:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:55 Virgo
- 07:55 – 10:25 Libra
- 10:25 – 12:50 Scorpio
- 12:50 – 14:51 Sagittarius
- 14:51 – 16:23 Capricorn
- 16:23 – 17:39 Aquarius
- 17:39 – 18:51 Pisces
- 18:51 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:05 Taurus
- 22:05 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 02:53 next day Cancer
- 02:53 – 05:22 next day Leo
- 05:22 – 07:14 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