Washington panchang, 22 October 2025
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 08:35 Kartika 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
07:26 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:13
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:18 to 07:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 10:47
- Nakshatra Swati until 16:21 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 18:35
- Karana Bava until 10:47, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:13
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. 05:41 – 06:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:18 – 20:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:47 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 23:14 | Good |
| Char | 23:14 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:27 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
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 07:03 Virgo
- 07:03 – 09:34 Libra
- 09:34 – 11:58 Scorpio
- 11:58 – 14:00 Sagittarius
- 14:00 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 16:48 Aquarius
- 16:48 – 18:00 Pisces
- 18:00 – 19:25 Aries
- 19:25 – 21:14 Taurus
- 21:14 – 23:32 Gemini
- 23:32 – 02:02 next day Cancer
- 02:02 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 07:00 next day Virgo
- 07:00 – 07:27 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