Washington panchang, 23 December 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 10:07 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 16:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 09:46 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:38
- 14:15 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:49 to 07:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:41 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 05:32 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:15, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 10:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:32 – 06:44 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:37 – 07:25 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. 05:28 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:25 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:25 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:36 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Char | 09:46 – 10:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:56 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 – 15:38 | Good |
| Rog | 15:38 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:28 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:57 – 03:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:46 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:25 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
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:10 Taurus
- 16:10 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 23:27 Leo
- 23:27 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 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