Washington panchang, 15 December 2025
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 03:20 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
07:21 to 16:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 10:52 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:52
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:45 to 07:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:53 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 10:50
- Nakshatra Swati until 03:39 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:53 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:53 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:52
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. 05:24 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:42 – 10:52 | Good |
| Rog | 10:52 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:24 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 16:45 | Good |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:24 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:26 Scorpio
- 07:26 – 09:27 Sagittarius
- 09:27 – 11:00 Capricorn
- 11:00 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:29 Cancer
- 21:29 – 23:59 Leo
- 23:59 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:58 next day Libra
- 04:58 – 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