Washington panchang, 26 December 2025
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 11:23 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
07:26 to 16:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 15:40
- 15:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:40 Moon enters Pisces
Night
16:51 to 07:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 02:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:51 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:01, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:31 – 01:51 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:40 – 14:09 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. 05:29 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:26 – 08:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:37 – 09:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:47 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:30 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:27 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
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:16 Gemini
- 18:16 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 06:39 next day Scorpio
- 06:39 – 07:27 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