Washington panchang, 7 December 2025
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 19:45 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
07:14 to 16:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:22 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam 15:33 – 16:44
- 07:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:08 Moon enters Cancer
Night
16:44 to 07:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 18:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:31 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:55
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 09:37
- Karana Vishti until 07:55, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 18:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:31 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:15 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:16 – 03:14 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. 05:18 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:41 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:26 – 09:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:37 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:22 | Good |
| Rog | 14:22 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:22 | Good |
| Char | 20:22 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:33 Libra
- 05:33 – 07:58 Scorpio
- 07:58 – 09:59 Sagittarius
- 09:59 – 11:31 Capricorn
- 11:31 – 12:47 Aquarius
- 12:47 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:24 Aries
- 15:24 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 02:59 next day Virgo
- 02:59 – 05:29 next day Libra
- 05:29 – 07:15 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