Washington panchang, 22 January 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 09:28 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
07:23 to 17:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:18
- 15:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:58 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:16 to 07:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:16 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:29 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:58
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 04:03 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 05:29 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:58, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:29 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:11 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:07 – 18:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:18
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 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:58 – 07:22 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:03 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:37 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:02 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:02 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:22 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
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 08:31 Capricorn
- 08:31 – 09:46 Aquarius
- 09:46 – 10:59 Pisces
- 10:59 – 12:23 Aries
- 12:23 – 14:13 Taurus
- 14:13 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 19:00 Cancer
- 19:00 – 21:29 Leo
- 21:29 – 23:58 Virgo
- 23:58 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:53 next day Scorpio
- 04:53 – 06:54 next day Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 07:22 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