Washington panchang, 16 December 2025
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 04:21 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 16:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:14 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 09:42 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:25 – 15:35
- 13:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:46 to 07:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 13:27
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 03:46 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:27, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:14 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:35
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 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:27 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:21 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:32 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Char | 09:42 – 10:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:53 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:25 – 15:35 | Good |
| Rog | 15:35 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:25 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:53 – 03:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:43 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:22 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
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 07:18 next day Scorpio
- 07:18 – 07:22 next day Sagittarius
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