Washington panchang, 24 October 2025
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 10:38 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
07:28 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam 11:31 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 13:13 – 13:56
- Yamaganda 15:33 – 16:54
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 15:50 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:15 to 07:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 15:50
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:21 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:24
- Karana Gara until 15:50, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 15:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:13 – 13:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:21 – 07:29 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. 05:42 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:21 – 07:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:28 – 08:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:31 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:52 – 14:12 | Good |
| Rog | 14:12 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:34 – 23:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:13 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:29 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
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 06:56 Virgo
- 06:56 – 09:26 Libra
- 09:26 – 11:51 Scorpio
- 11:51 – 13:52 Sagittarius
- 13:52 – 15:24 Capricorn
- 15:24 – 16:40 Aquarius
- 16:40 – 17:52 Pisces
- 17:52 – 19:17 Aries
- 19:17 – 21:06 Taurus
- 21:06 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 04:23 next day Leo
- 04:23 – 06:52 next day Virgo
- 06:52 – 07:29 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