Washington panchang, 31 January 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 16:06 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
07:16 to 17:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:49 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 14:54
- 08:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:04 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:27 to 07:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:48 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 06:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 19:23
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 23:48
- Karana Gara until 08:37, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:04 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:48 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 06:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 14:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:23 – 06:13 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. 05:25 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 15:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 19:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:32 – 09:49 | Good |
| Rog | 09:49 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:10 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:23 Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 07:55 Capricorn
- 07:55 – 09:11 Aquarius
- 09:11 – 10:23 Pisces
- 10:23 – 11:48 Aries
- 11:48 – 13:37 Taurus
- 13:37 – 15:55 Gemini
- 15:55 – 18:25 Cancer
- 18:25 – 20:54 Leo
- 20:54 – 23:22 Virgo
- 23:22 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:19 next day Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 07:15 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