Washington panchang, 16 October 2025
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 02:25 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
07:20 to 18:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 11:02 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:16 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:13
- 13:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:26 to 07:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:42 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:42 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:27 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 16:40
- Karana Bava until 13:20, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:42 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:02 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:13
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:19 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:14 – 06:24 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. 05:37 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:26 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:06 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 12:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:53 – 14:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:16 – 15:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:39 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:03 – 21:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:40 – 23:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:17 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:07 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 07:27 Virgo
- 07:27 – 09:58 Libra
- 09:58 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:23 Sagittarius
- 14:23 – 15:56 Capricorn
- 15:56 – 17:11 Aquarius
- 17:11 – 18:24 Pisces
- 18:24 – 19:48 Aries
- 19:48 – 21:38 Taurus
- 21:38 – 23:55 Gemini
- 23:55 – 02:25 next day Cancer
- 02:25 – 04:55 next day Leo
- 04:55 – 07:21 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