Washington panchang, 27 December 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 11:46 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
07:27 to 16:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:30
- 14:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:51 to 07:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 01:30 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 23:43
- Karana Vishti until 14:09, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:40 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 10:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:43 – 10:25 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:13 – 07:27 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. 05:30 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:13 – 07:27 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:30 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:37 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:58 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 15:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:41 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:30 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:59 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:27 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
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:40 Sagittarius
- 08:40 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 14:05 Aries
- 14:05 – 15:55 Taurus
- 15:55 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:42 Cancer
- 20:42 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:35 next day Scorpio
- 06:35 – 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