Washington panchang, 12 December 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 00:19 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
07:18 to 16:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:23 – 15:34
Night
16:45 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:20 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:08 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 19:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 00:46 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:13, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:20 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:34
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. 05:22 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:29 – 09:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:40 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:23 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:34 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:23 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:30 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:38 Scorpio
- 07:38 – 09:39 Sagittarius
- 09:39 – 11:12 Capricorn
- 11:12 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:41 Cancer
- 21:41 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 05:10 next day Libra
- 05:10 – 07:19 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