Washington panchang, 21 November 2025
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 08:30 Margashirsha 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
06:59 to 16:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:12 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:35
Night
16:48 to 07:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:17 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 06:41 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:17 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:59 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:17 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:59 – 06:17 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. 05:05 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:59 – 08:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:12 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:21 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:35 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:21 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:36 Libra
- 06:36 – 09:01 Scorpio
- 09:01 – 11:02 Sagittarius
- 11:02 – 12:34 Capricorn
- 12:34 – 13:50 Aquarius
- 13:50 – 15:02 Pisces
- 15:02 – 16:27 Aries
- 16:27 – 18:16 Taurus
- 18:16 – 20:34 Gemini
- 20:34 – 23:04 Cancer
- 23:04 – 01:33 next day Leo
- 01:33 – 04:02 next day Virgo
- 04:02 – 06:32 next day Libra
- 06:32 – 07:00 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