Washington panchang, 17 October 2025
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 03:29 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
07:21 to 18:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:44 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:18
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 13:59
- Yamaganda 15:39 – 17:02
- 14:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:25 to 07:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:25 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:49 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:11 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 16:18
- Karana Kaulava until 14:12, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 13:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:39 – 17:02
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 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:21 – 06:11 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:21 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:21 – 08:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:44 – 10:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:07 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:53 – 14:16 | Good |
| Rog | 14:16 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:39 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:25 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:39 – 23:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:16 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:44 – 07:22 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
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 07:23 Virgo
- 07:23 – 09:54 Libra
- 09:54 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:19 Sagittarius
- 14:19 – 15:52 Capricorn
- 15:52 – 17:07 Aquarius
- 17:07 – 18:20 Pisces
- 18:20 – 19:44 Aries
- 19:44 – 21:34 Taurus
- 21:34 – 23:51 Gemini
- 23:51 – 02:21 next day Cancer
- 02:21 – 04:51 next day Leo
- 04:51 – 07:19 next day Virgo
- 07:19 – 07:22 next day Libra
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