Washington panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 11:13 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
07:20 to 17:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:21
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:21 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:15 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:48
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:39 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 19:49
- Karana Bava until 10:48, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:15 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:21
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 17:21 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:39 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:50 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:21 | Good |
| Char | 17:21 – 19:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:06 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 07:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:42 Sagittarius
- 06:42 – 08:15 Capricorn
- 08:15 – 09:30 Aquarius
- 09:30 – 10:43 Pisces
- 10:43 – 12:07 Aries
- 12:07 – 13:57 Taurus
- 13:57 – 16:14 Gemini
- 16:14 – 18:44 Cancer
- 18:44 – 21:14 Leo
- 21:14 – 23:42 Virgo
- 23:42 – 02:13 next day Libra
- 02:13 – 04:37 next day Scorpio
- 04:37 – 06:38 next day Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 07:19 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