Washington panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 08:58 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 16:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:10
- Rahu Kalam 15:37 – 16:48
- 11:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:48 to 07:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:10 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:10 – 09:46 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. 05:27 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:06 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 09:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:45 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:37 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:37 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:45 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:25 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 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:18 Taurus
- 16:18 – 18:36 Gemini
- 18:36 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:34 next day Libra
- 04:34 – 06:59 next day Scorpio
- 06:59 – 07:25 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