Washington panchang, 16 November 2025
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 03:26 Kartika month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 16:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 14:22 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta 15:32 – 16:12
- Rahu Kalam 15:37 – 16:52
- 15:41 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
16:52 to 06:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:52 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:05 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 18:18
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 20:52
- Karana Taitila until 18:18, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:41 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:52 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:05 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:32 – 16:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 16:52
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. 05:01 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:53 – 15:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 15:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:22 | Good |
| Rog | 14:22 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:37 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:37 – 20:22 | Good |
| Char | 20:22 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:56 Libra
- 06:56 – 09:20 Scorpio
- 09:20 – 11:21 Sagittarius
- 11:21 – 12:54 Capricorn
- 12:54 – 14:09 Aquarius
- 14:09 – 15:22 Pisces
- 15:22 – 16:46 Aries
- 16:46 – 18:36 Taurus
- 18:36 – 20:53 Gemini
- 20:53 – 23:23 Cancer
- 23:23 – 01:53 next day Leo
- 01:53 – 04:21 next day Virgo
- 04:21 – 06:52 next day Libra
- 06:52 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method