Washington panchang, 1 December 2025
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 14:12 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
07:09 to 16:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:49
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
16:45 to 07:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:31
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:28
- Karana Vishti until 08:31, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:52 – 14:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:50 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:49
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. 05:14 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:21 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:45 | Good |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:21 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:09 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:22 – 07:10 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:57 Libra
- 05:57 – 08:21 Scorpio
- 08:21 – 10:22 Sagittarius
- 10:22 – 11:55 Capricorn
- 11:55 – 13:10 Aquarius
- 13:10 – 14:23 Pisces
- 14:23 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:54 Gemini
- 19:54 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 00:54 next day Leo
- 00:54 – 03:22 next day Virgo
- 03:22 – 05:53 next day Libra
- 05:53 – 07:10 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