Washington panchang, 29 December 2025
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 12:40 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 16:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 10:59 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:00
- 10:36 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:53 to 07:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:34 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:21 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 21:21
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 19:34 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 18:01
- Karana Taitila until 10:36, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:34 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:00
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 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:38 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 10:59 | Good |
| Rog | 10:59 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:42 – 16:53 | Good |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:59 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:38 – 07:27 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 11:20 Aquarius
- 11:20 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 13:57 Aries
- 13:57 – 15:47 Taurus
- 15:47 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:34 Cancer
- 20:34 – 23:04 Leo
- 23:04 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:27 next day Scorpio
- 06:27 – 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