The swearing in ceremony begins at 11:30 AM EST; the parade begins at 2:30 PM EST. The ceremony itself will end when the speeches and music are over -- unknown exactly when that will be but sometime before the parade begins.
About noon, January 20th
**** UPDATED INFO ***** Suggest you tune in a bit earlier than the times listed below. Tuesday, January 20, 2009 -- US Presidential Inauguration Ceremony begins at: 11:30 EST in Washington, D.C. 10:30 AM Central Time 09:30 AM Mountain Time 08:30 Pacific Time Parade begins at 2:30 PM EST. Unknow how long ceremony will run because different people will speak, and every person has their own speaking cadence, and the final drafts of the speeches are not yet available to the general public, but it should end in time for the principle folks to get ready for the parade.
Inauguration ceremony
An 'inauguration' ceremony.
The inauguration ceremony.
The inauguration cermony takes at least 2-3 hours.
The inauguration ceremony of Barack Hussein Obama II will take place at Noon (EST) on Jan 20 which will be 10:30 PM in India
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-watch/2008/12/the_posts_inauguration_faq.html#ceremony
the president goes through an inauguration ceremony where he is inducted into office.
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The process of being sworn into office is Inauguration."The President was Inaugurated for a second term"For an example of what happens in an Inauguration ceremony, here's a YouTube link to President Obama's Inauguration.