Washington panchang, 26 October 2025
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 12:31 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
07:30 to 18:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 12:51 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:52 – 18:13
Night
18:13 to 07:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:56 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 20:35
- Nakshatra Mula until 03:57 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:56
- Karana Balava until 20:35, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:56 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:52 – 18:13
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. 05:44 – 06:37
- 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 18:13 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:30 – 03:57 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:30 – 03:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:57 – 07:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:30 – 08:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:50 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:31 – 12:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:51 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:12 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:13 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:52 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 23:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:11 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:51 – 07:31 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
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:48 Virgo
- 06:48 – 09:18 Libra
- 09:18 – 11:43 Scorpio
- 11:43 – 13:44 Sagittarius
- 13:44 – 15:17 Capricorn
- 15:17 – 16:32 Aquarius
- 16:32 – 17:45 Pisces
- 17:45 – 19:09 Aries
- 19:09 – 20:58 Taurus
- 20:58 – 23:16 Gemini
- 23:16 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 04:15 next day Leo
- 04:15 – 06:44 next day Virgo
- 06:44 – 07:31 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