Washington panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 09:51 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
07:22 to 17:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:03
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:17 to 07:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:17 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 03:46 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 03:31 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:03
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. 05:29 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 00:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:16 – 07:21 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 03:46 – 07:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:46 – 07:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:46 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:22 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:17 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:21 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
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 09:42 Aquarius
- 09:42 – 10:55 Pisces
- 10:55 – 12:19 Aries
- 12:19 – 14:09 Taurus
- 14:09 – 16:26 Gemini
- 16:26 – 18:56 Cancer
- 18:56 – 21:25 Leo
- 21:25 – 23:54 Virgo
- 23:54 – 02:24 next day Libra
- 02:24 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:50 next day Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 07:21 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