Washington panchang, 15 January 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 05:13 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
07:26 to 17:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:12
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:09 to 07:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:09 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 19:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:47
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 19:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:08
- Karana Taitila until 09:47, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 19:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:12
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. 05:31 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:39 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Char | 11:04 – 12:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:17 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:56 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:56 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:26 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
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 08:58 Capricorn
- 08:58 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 12:50 Aries
- 12:50 – 14:40 Taurus
- 14:40 – 16:57 Gemini
- 16:57 – 19:27 Cancer
- 19:27 – 21:57 Leo
- 21:57 – 00:25 next day Virgo
- 00:25 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:22 next day Sagittarius
- 07:22 – 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