Washington panchang, 13 October 2025
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:30 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
07:17 to 18:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam 14:18 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta 15:31 – 16:16
- 14:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:29 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:40 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:24 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 20:25
- Karana Balava until 14:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:25 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:29 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:18 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:31 – 16:16
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. 05:35 – 06:26
- 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 18:30 – 21:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:24 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:53 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Char | 14:18 – 15:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:42 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 20:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:42 – 23:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:18 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:42 – 07:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:39 Virgo
- 07:39 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:34 Scorpio
- 12:34 – 14:35 Sagittarius
- 14:35 – 16:08 Capricorn
- 16:08 – 17:23 Aquarius
- 17:23 – 18:36 Pisces
- 18:36 – 20:00 Aries
- 20:00 – 21:50 Taurus
- 21:50 – 00:07 next day Gemini
- 00:07 – 02:37 next day Cancer
- 02:37 – 05:06 next day Leo
- 05:06 – 07:18 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