Washington panchang, 14 January 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 04:14 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
07:26 to 17:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:30
- 09:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:08 to 07:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:47 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 09:25
- Karana Kaulava until 20:37, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:30
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:59
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:26 – 16:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 16:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:26 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 11:30 Pisces
- 11:30 – 12:54 Aries
- 12:54 – 14:44 Taurus
- 14:44 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 19:31 Cancer
- 19:31 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 00:29 next day Virgo
- 00:29 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:25 next day Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 07:26 next day Capricorn
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