Washington panchang, 30 January 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 14:50 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
07:17 to 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:09
- 11:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:26 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:56
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:57 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:03 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:17, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:57 – 06:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:28 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:09
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. 05:26 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:57 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:57 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:17 – 08:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:33 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:16 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
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:26 Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 07:59 Capricorn
- 07:59 – 09:15 Aquarius
- 09:15 – 10:27 Pisces
- 10:27 – 11:51 Aries
- 11:51 – 13:41 Taurus
- 13:41 – 15:58 Gemini
- 15:58 – 18:28 Cancer
- 18:28 – 20:58 Leo
- 20:58 – 23:26 Virgo
- 23:26 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 04:21 next day Scorpio
- 04:21 – 06:23 next day Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 07:16 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