Washington panchang, 24 January 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 10:15 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
07:21 to 17:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 14:49
- 14:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:10 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:19 to 07:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:05 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 14:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:05 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 01:15 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:10, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:05 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:21 – 03:05 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. 05:29 – 06:25
- 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 17:19 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:21 – 03:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:19 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 08:23 Capricorn
- 08:23 – 09:38 Aquarius
- 09:38 – 10:51 Pisces
- 10:51 – 12:15 Aries
- 12:15 – 14:05 Taurus
- 14:05 – 16:22 Gemini
- 16:22 – 18:52 Cancer
- 18:52 – 21:21 Leo
- 21:21 – 23:50 Virgo
- 23:50 – 02:20 next day Libra
- 02:20 – 04:45 next day Scorpio
- 04:45 – 06:46 next day Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 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