Washington panchang, 27 October 2025
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 13:19 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
07:31 to 18:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 11:31 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 13:13 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:11 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:21 – 16:03
- 09:36 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:11 to 07:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:15 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:20
- Karana Kaulava until 09:36, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:13 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:21 – 16:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:31 – 06:15 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 07:32 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. 05:45 – 06:38
- 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 18:11 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:31 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:31 | Good |
| Rog | 11:31 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:11 | Good |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:52 – 07:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 06:44 Virgo
- 06:44 – 09:14 Libra
- 09:14 – 11:39 Scorpio
- 11:39 – 13:40 Sagittarius
- 13:40 – 15:13 Capricorn
- 15:13 – 16:28 Aquarius
- 16:28 – 17:41 Pisces
- 17:41 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 20:55 Taurus
- 20:55 – 23:12 Gemini
- 23:12 – 01:42 next day Cancer
- 01:42 – 04:11 next day Leo
- 04:11 – 06:40 next day Virgo
- 06:40 – 07:32 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