Washington panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 18:55 Margashirsha 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 16:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:57 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:39
- 12:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 12:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:50 to 07:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:12 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 12:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 17:46
- Karana Gara until 12:56, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 12:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:46 – 13:52 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:12 – 09:35 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:20 – 07:26 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 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 12:20
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:26 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 09:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:47 – 10:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:57 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:37 – 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
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:13 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 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 12:50 Pisces
- 12:50 – 14:14 Aries
- 14:14 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:44 next day Scorpio
- 06:44 – 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