Washington panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 08:13 Pausha 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
07:24 to 16:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:26
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
16:47 to 07:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:05 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 22:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 14:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:05 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:05 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 10:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:26
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. 05:27 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:43
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:26 – 15:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:37 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:26 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:55 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:45 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:24 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
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:08 Pisces
- 13:08 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:40 Gemini
- 18:40 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 07:03 next day Scorpio
- 07:03 – 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