Washington panchang, 4 February 2026
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 20:50 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
07:12 to 17:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:39
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:31 to 07:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:40
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:34
- Karana Vishti until 13:40, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:50 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:50 – 13:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:39
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. 05:23 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:31 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:11 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
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:07 Sagittarius
- 06:07 – 07:39 Capricorn
- 07:39 – 08:55 Aquarius
- 08:55 – 10:08 Pisces
- 10:08 – 11:32 Aries
- 11:32 – 13:21 Taurus
- 13:21 – 15:39 Gemini
- 15:39 – 18:09 Cancer
- 18:09 – 20:38 Leo
- 20:38 – 23:07 Virgo
- 23:07 – 01:37 next day Libra
- 01:37 – 04:02 next day Scorpio
- 04:02 – 06:03 next day Sagittarius
- 06:03 – 07:11 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