Washington panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 08:38 Magha 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
07:24 to 17:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 09:51 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:19 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:00
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:14 to 07:23 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:14 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 03:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:31
- Karana Kaulava until 16:13, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:31 – 08:28 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:00
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:24 – 03:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:28 – 07:23 next day
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. 05:30 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:13 – 07:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:28 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:24 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:37 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Char | 09:51 – 11:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:05 – 12:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:19 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:00 | Good |
| Rog | 16:00 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:37 – 07:23 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
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 09:54 Aquarius
- 09:54 – 11:06 Pisces
- 11:06 – 12:31 Aries
- 12:31 – 14:20 Taurus
- 14:20 – 16:38 Gemini
- 16:38 – 19:08 Cancer
- 19:08 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 00:06 next day Virgo
- 00:06 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 07:02 next day Sagittarius
- 07:02 – 07:23 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