Washington panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 02:12 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 17:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:10
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:05 to 07:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 04:48 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:42
- Karana Vanija until 15:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:42 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:10
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:41 – 17:59
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 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:39 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:05 | Good |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:27 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:25 Aquarius
- 10:25 – 11:38 Pisces
- 11:38 – 13:02 Aries
- 13:02 – 14:52 Taurus
- 14:52 – 17:09 Gemini
- 17:09 – 19:39 Cancer
- 19:39 – 22:09 Leo
- 22:09 – 00:37 next day Virgo
- 00:37 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 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