Washington panchang, 25 September 2026
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 18:25 Bhadrapada 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
06:59 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 13:23 – 14:11
- Yamaganda 15:59 – 17:29
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 07:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 13:37
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:02 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 03:47 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:37, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:21 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:23 – 14:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:37 – 20:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:59 – 17:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:03 – 01:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:53 – 17:56
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. 05:23 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:23
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:59 – 08:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:29 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:59 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:59 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Char | 17:29 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:29 – 21:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:59 – 23:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:29 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:30 – 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 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
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 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)
- 05:23 – 06:22 Leo
- 06:22 – 08:51 Virgo
- 08:51 – 11:21 Libra
- 11:21 – 13:46 Scorpio
- 13:46 – 15:47 Sagittarius
- 15:47 – 17:19 Capricorn
- 17:19 – 18:35 Aquarius
- 18:35 – 19:47 Pisces
- 19:47 – 21:12 Aries
- 21:12 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:19 next day Gemini
- 01:19 – 03:49 next day Cancer
- 03:49 – 06:18 next day Leo
- 06:18 – 07:00 next day Virgo
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