Washington panchang, 19 October 2025
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 05:32 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
07:23 to 18:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam 15:37 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:22
- 08:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:22 to 07:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:15 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 06:15 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 16:34
- Karana Vishti until 17:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:15 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 16:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:34 – 17:04 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:22
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. 05:39 – 06:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:23 – 08:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:19 – 07:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:19 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:23 – 08:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:45 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:15 – 15:37 | Good |
| Rog | 15:37 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:37 | Good |
| Char | 21:37 – 23:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:15 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:31 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:46 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 07:15 Virgo
- 07:15 – 09:46 Libra
- 09:46 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:11 Sagittarius
- 14:11 – 15:44 Capricorn
- 15:44 – 16:59 Aquarius
- 16:59 – 18:12 Pisces
- 18:12 – 19:36 Aries
- 19:36 – 21:26 Taurus
- 21:26 – 23:43 Gemini
- 23:43 – 02:13 next day Cancer
- 02:13 – 04:43 next day Leo
- 04:43 – 07:11 next day Virgo
- 07:11 – 07:24 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