Washington panchang, 22 December 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 09:35 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
07:25 to 16:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:56
- 13:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:48 to 07:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:00 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:00 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:05, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:00 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:56
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:25 – 12:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:35 – 20:45
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. 05:28 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:02 – 07:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:02 – 07:25 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:45 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:27 – 15:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:38 – 16:48 | Good |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:38 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:25 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
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:59 Scorpio
- 06:59 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:55 next day Scorpio
- 06:55 – 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