Washington panchang, 10 January 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 00:09 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
07:27 to 17:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:39
- 10:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:03 to 07:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Moon enters Libra
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:57 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:50
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:42 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:57 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:22 Moon enters Libra
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:57 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:27 – 07:27 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) 11:56 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:50 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:39 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:27 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
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 13:10 Aries
- 13:10 – 15:00 Taurus
- 15:00 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 22:16 Leo
- 22:16 – 00:45 next day Virgo
- 00:45 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 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