Washington panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 23:08 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 17:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta 10:39 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:07
- 08:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 08:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:01 to 07:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:10 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:25 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 08:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:39 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:25 – 08:49 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:28 – 03:10 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. 05:32 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:28 – 03:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:39 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Char | 11:03 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:26 – 14:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:38 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:50 – 17:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:01 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:50 – 20:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:38 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:28 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:52 Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 11:54 Pisces
- 11:54 – 13:18 Aries
- 13:18 – 15:08 Taurus
- 15:08 – 17:25 Gemini
- 17:25 – 19:55 Cancer
- 19:55 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 03:23 next day Libra
- 03:23 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 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