Washington panchang, 7 January 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 22:04 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:26
- 08:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 08:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:00 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:04
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:54 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:03
- Karana Kaulava until 08:07, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 08:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:26
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:54 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 09:30 Capricorn
- 09:30 – 10:45 Aquarius
- 10:45 – 11:58 Pisces
- 11:58 – 13:22 Aries
- 13:22 – 15:11 Taurus
- 15:11 – 17:29 Gemini
- 17:29 – 19:59 Cancer
- 19:59 – 22:28 Leo
- 22:28 – 00:57 next day Virgo
- 00:57 – 03:27 next day Libra
- 03:27 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 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