Washington panchang, 10 December 2025
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 23:16 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
07:17 to 16:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:11
- 15:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
16:44 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:27 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:10 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:15, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:17 – 15:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:11
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 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 16:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:17 – 03:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:23 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:21 Libra
- 05:21 – 07:46 Scorpio
- 07:46 – 09:47 Sagittarius
- 09:47 – 11:20 Capricorn
- 11:20 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 00:18 next day Leo
- 00:18 – 02:47 next day Virgo
- 02:47 – 05:17 next day Libra
- 05:17 – 07:18 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