Washington panchang, 9 December 2025
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 22:10 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
07:16 to 16:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 09:38 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:22 – 15:33
- 15:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:52 Moon enters Leo
Night
16:44 to 07:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:17 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:16 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:31, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:52 Moon enters Leo
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:16 – 03:28 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:17 – 15:15 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. 05:20 – 06:18
- 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 – 19:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 15:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:52 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Char | 09:38 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:22 – 15:33 | Good |
| Rog | 15:33 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:22 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:50 – 03:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:39 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:17 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:25 Libra
- 05:25 – 07:50 Scorpio
- 07:50 – 09:51 Sagittarius
- 09:51 – 11:24 Capricorn
- 11:24 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:06 Taurus
- 17:06 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:51 next day Virgo
- 02:51 – 05:21 next day Libra
- 05:21 – 07:17 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