Washington panchang, 13 January 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 03:13 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 17:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 09:52 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 15:54
- 08:34 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:06 to 07:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:23 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 08:34
- Karana Bava until 18:06, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:34 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:34 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 15:54
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 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:27 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:39 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Char | 09:52 – 11:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:04 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:29 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:42 – 15:54 | Good |
| Rog | 15:54 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:41 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:26 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
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:32 Scorpio
- 05:32 – 07:33 Sagittarius
- 07:33 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:21 Aquarius
- 10:21 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 12:58 Aries
- 12:58 – 14:48 Taurus
- 14:48 – 17:05 Gemini
- 17:05 – 19:35 Cancer
- 19:35 – 22:05 Leo
- 22:05 – 00:33 next day Virgo
- 00:33 – 03:04 next day Libra
- 03:04 – 05:28 next day Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:26 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