Washington panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 20:58 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
07:28 to 17:00- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:51 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam 14:37 – 15:48
- 08:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
17:00 to 07:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:23
- Nakshatra Magha until 01:26 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 09:51
- Karana Bava until 08:51, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:48
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. 05:32 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:39 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Char | 09:51 – 11:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:02 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:37 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:14 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:02 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 10:49 Aquarius
- 10:49 – 12:02 Pisces
- 12:02 – 13:26 Aries
- 13:26 – 15:15 Taurus
- 15:15 – 17:33 Gemini
- 17:33 – 20:03 Cancer
- 20:03 – 22:32 Leo
- 22:32 – 01:01 next day Virgo
- 01:01 – 03:31 next day Libra
- 03:31 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 07:28 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