Washington panchang, 8 December 2025
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 20:59 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
07:15 to 16:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:50
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:44 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:59 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:22 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 04:03 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 16:40, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:03 – 02:16 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. 05:19 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:19
- 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 07:15 – 16:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:26 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:37 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:22 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:22 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:27 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:29 Libra
- 05:29 – 07:54 Scorpio
- 07:54 – 09:55 Sagittarius
- 09:55 – 11:28 Capricorn
- 11:28 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:09 Taurus
- 17:09 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:55 next day Virgo
- 02:55 – 05:25 next day Libra
- 05:25 – 07:16 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