Washington panchang, 21 October 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 07:33 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
07:25 to 18:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:36 – 10:19
- Yamaganda 10:08 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 12:52 – 14:14
- Rahu Kalam 15:36 – 16:57
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:19 to 07:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:25
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 17:46
- Karana Naga until 08:25, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Priti
- 21:34 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:36 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:36 – 16:57
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. 05:40 – 06:32
- 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 18:19 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:25 – 08:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Char | 10:08 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:52 – 14:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:14 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:36 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:36 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:14 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:31 – 04:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:09 – 05:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:47 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:07 Virgo
- 07:07 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 12:02 Scorpio
- 12:02 – 14:04 Sagittarius
- 14:04 – 15:36 Capricorn
- 15:36 – 16:52 Aquarius
- 16:52 – 18:04 Pisces
- 18:04 – 19:29 Aries
- 19:29 – 21:18 Taurus
- 21:18 – 23:36 Gemini
- 23:36 – 02:06 next day Cancer
- 02:06 – 04:35 next day Leo
- 04:35 – 07:03 next day Virgo
- 07:03 – 07:26 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