Washington panchang, 9 January 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:02 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 17:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 15:51
- 09:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:02 to 07:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:28 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:54
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:28 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:09, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:28 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:51
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) 11:56 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:28 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:27 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 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 10:37 Aquarius
- 10:37 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 13:14 Aries
- 13:14 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:21 Gemini
- 17:21 – 19:51 Cancer
- 19:51 – 22:20 Leo
- 22:20 – 00:49 next day Virgo
- 00:49 – 03:19 next day Libra
- 03:19 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:27 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