Washington panchang, 19 December 2025
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 07:21 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
07:23 to 16:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 09:44
- Durmuhurta 09:16 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:54 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:36
- 07:38 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
16:47 to 07:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:43
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 05:47 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:38, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:38 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:16 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:16 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:23 – 12:21
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. 05:26 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:43 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:23 – 08:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:34 – 09:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:44 – 10:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:54 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:36 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:26 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 10:44 Capricorn
- 10:44 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:26 Taurus
- 16:26 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 07:07 next day Scorpio
- 07:07 – 07:24 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