Washington panchang, 12 October 2025
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 22:56 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
07:16 to 18:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 12:54 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam 15:43 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:02 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:32
- 15:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:32 to 07:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:54 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 22:40
- Karana Vishti until 15:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:25 – 12:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:43 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:02 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:32
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. 05:34 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 21:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 02:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:40 – 10:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:05 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 12:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:54 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:18 – 15:43 | Good |
| Rog | 15:43 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:32 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:43 | Good |
| Char | 21:43 – 23:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:19 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:43 Virgo
- 07:43 – 10:13 Libra
- 10:13 – 12:38 Scorpio
- 12:38 – 14:39 Sagittarius
- 14:39 – 16:12 Capricorn
- 16:12 – 17:27 Aquarius
- 17:27 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 20:04 Aries
- 20:04 – 21:54 Taurus
- 21:54 – 00:11 next day Gemini
- 00:11 – 02:41 next day Cancer
- 02:41 – 05:10 next day Leo
- 05:10 – 07:17 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