Washington panchang, 29 October 2025
Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 14:34 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
07:33 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:32 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:11
- 07:59 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:20 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:09 to 07:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:59 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 21:50
- Karana Vishti until 12:20, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:59 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:11
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:50 – 00:14 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. 05:46 – 06:40
- 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 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:33 – 08:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:32 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:11 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 23:11 | Good |
| Char | 23:11 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:34 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
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 06:36 Virgo
- 06:36 – 09:06 Libra
- 09:06 – 11:31 Scorpio
- 11:31 – 13:32 Sagittarius
- 13:32 – 15:05 Capricorn
- 15:05 – 16:20 Aquarius
- 16:20 – 17:33 Pisces
- 17:33 – 18:57 Aries
- 18:57 – 20:47 Taurus
- 20:47 – 23:04 Gemini
- 23:04 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 04:03 next day Leo
- 04:03 – 06:32 next day Virgo
- 06:32 – 07:34 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