Washington panchang, 14 December 2025
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 02:19 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
07:20 to 16:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:24 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:30 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:34 – 16:45
- 08:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:11 Moon enters Libra
Night
16:45 to 07:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:38 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:00 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:20, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:11 Moon enters Libra
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:30 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:34 – 16:45
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:00 – 04:24 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. 05:23 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:40
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:31 – 09:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:41 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:24 | Good |
| Rog | 14:24 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:34 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:24 | Good |
| Char | 20:24 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:30 Scorpio
- 07:30 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:04 Capricorn
- 11:04 – 12:19 Aquarius
- 12:19 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 05:02 next day Libra
- 05:02 – 07:21 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