Washington panchang, 15 October 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 01:17 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
07:19 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:17
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:27 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:28 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:12 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:06 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:12 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:27
- Karana Vanija until 13:00, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:27 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:12 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:00 – 01:06 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. 05:36 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 21:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:41 – 23:17 | Good |
| Char | 23:17 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:20 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:31 Virgo
- 07:31 – 10:01 Libra
- 10:01 – 12:26 Scorpio
- 12:26 – 14:27 Sagittarius
- 14:27 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:15 Aquarius
- 17:15 – 18:28 Pisces
- 18:28 – 19:52 Aries
- 19:52 – 21:42 Taurus
- 21:42 – 23:59 Gemini
- 23:59 – 02:29 next day Cancer
- 02:29 – 04:58 next day Leo
- 04:58 – 07:20 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