Washington panchang, 1 February 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 17:22 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
07:15 to 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 12:21 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:11 – 17:28
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:09 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:28 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 17:09
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:50
- Karana Bava until 17:09, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:28
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 – 06:20
- 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 17:28 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 13:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:05 – 12:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:21 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:38 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:11 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:11 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:14 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
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:19 Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 07:51 Capricorn
- 07:51 – 09:07 Aquarius
- 09:07 – 10:19 Pisces
- 10:19 – 11:44 Aries
- 11:44 – 13:33 Taurus
- 13:33 – 15:51 Gemini
- 15:51 – 18:21 Cancer
- 18:21 – 20:50 Leo
- 20:50 – 23:19 Virgo
- 23:19 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 04:14 next day Scorpio
- 04:14 – 06:15 next day Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 07:14 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