Washington panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 10:35 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 16:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:18
- 09:16 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:49 to 07:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:13 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 04:43 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:01, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:16 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:25 – 21:48
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. 05:29 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:48 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:39 – 16:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:26 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 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 12:53 Pisces
- 12:53 – 14:17 Aries
- 14:17 – 16:07 Taurus
- 16:07 – 18:24 Gemini
- 18:24 – 20:54 Cancer
- 20:54 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:47 next day Scorpio
- 06:47 – 07:26 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