Washington panchang, 18 October 2025
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 04:32 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
07:22 to 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:15 – 15:38
- 12:41 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:23 to 07:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 04:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:19 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 16:18
- Karana Gara until 15:33, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:41 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:38
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:22 – 07:23 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. 05:38 – 06:30
- 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 18:23 – 20:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:22 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Char | 12:52 – 14:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:15 – 15:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:38 – 17:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:01 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:38 – 23:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:16 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:45 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 07:19 Virgo
- 07:19 – 09:50 Libra
- 09:50 – 12:14 Scorpio
- 12:14 – 14:15 Sagittarius
- 14:15 – 15:48 Capricorn
- 15:48 – 17:03 Aquarius
- 17:03 – 18:16 Pisces
- 18:16 – 19:40 Aries
- 19:40 – 21:30 Taurus
- 21:30 – 23:47 Gemini
- 23:47 – 02:17 next day Cancer
- 02:17 – 04:47 next day Leo
- 04:47 – 07:15 next day Virgo
- 07:15 – 07:23 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