Washington panchang, 28 December 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 12:11 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 16:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:37 – 16:14
- Rahu Kalam 15:41 – 16:52
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:52 to 07:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:11 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:11 Moon enters Aries
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:42 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:42
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 21:06
- Karana Balava until 12:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:11 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:11 Moon enters Aries
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:37 – 16:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:41 – 16:52
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) 11:51 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 20:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:11 – 07:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:11 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:27 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:37 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 10:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:59 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:41 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:41 – 20:31 | Good |
| Char | 20:31 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:59 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:38 – 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 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:08 Gemini
- 18:08 – 20:38 Cancer
- 20:38 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 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