Washington panchang, 25 October 2026
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 17:43 Ashwin 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
07:29 to 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 12:51 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam 15:33 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:14
- 07:52 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:52 Moon enters Aries
- 13:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:14 to 07:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 00:11 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 09:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 07:52
- Karana Vishti until 13:22, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:52 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:52 Moon enters Aries
- 13:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:26 – 09:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:52 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:14
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. 05:43 – 06:36
- 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 18:14 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:29 – 09:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:52 – 07:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:29 – 08:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:49 – 10:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:10 – 11:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:31 – 12:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:51 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:12 – 15:33 | Good |
| Rog | 15:33 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:33 | Good |
| Char | 21:33 – 23:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:13 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:31 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:11 – 05:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:50 – 07:30 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 06:53 Virgo
- 06:53 – 09:23 Libra
- 09:23 – 11:48 Scorpio
- 11:48 – 13:49 Sagittarius
- 13:49 – 15:22 Capricorn
- 15:22 – 16:37 Aquarius
- 16:37 – 17:50 Pisces
- 17:50 – 19:14 Aries
- 19:14 – 21:03 Taurus
- 21:03 – 23:21 Gemini
- 23:21 – 01:51 next day Cancer
- 01:51 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 06:49 next day Virgo
- 06:49 – 07:30 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