Washington panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 06:07 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 17:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 15:57
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:10 to 07:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:10 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:52
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:36
- Karana Vanija until 11:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:36 – 14:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 15:57
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 – 06:28
- 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 17:10 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:26 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:25 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 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:22 Sagittarius
- 07:22 – 08:54 Capricorn
- 08:54 – 10:10 Aquarius
- 10:10 – 11:22 Pisces
- 11:22 – 12:46 Aries
- 12:46 – 14:36 Taurus
- 14:36 – 16:54 Gemini
- 16:54 – 19:23 Cancer
- 19:23 – 21:53 Leo
- 21:53 – 00:21 next day Virgo
- 00:21 – 02:52 next day Libra
- 02:52 – 05:16 next day Scorpio
- 05:16 – 07:18 next day Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 07:25 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