Washington panchang, 25 January 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 10:42 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 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:05 – 17:20
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:20 to 07:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:40
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:03 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 22:41
- Karana Vanija until 12:40, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 02:03 – 07:20 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:08 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:09 – 05:08 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. 05:28 – 06:24
- 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 17:20 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:21 – 02:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:21 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:05 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:05 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:20 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 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:46 Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 08:19 Capricorn
- 08:19 – 09:34 Aquarius
- 09:34 – 10:47 Pisces
- 10:47 – 12:11 Aries
- 12:11 – 14:01 Taurus
- 14:01 – 16:18 Gemini
- 16:18 – 18:48 Cancer
- 18:48 – 21:17 Leo
- 21:17 – 23:46 Virgo
- 23:46 – 02:17 next day Libra
- 02:17 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 06:42 next day Sagittarius
- 06:42 – 07:20 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