Washington panchang, 6 February 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 22:56 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
07:10 to 17:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam 11:04 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:16
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:54 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:34 to 07:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Moon enters Libra
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:49
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:54 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:07
- Karana Taitila until 14:49, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:54 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:52 next day Moon enters Libra
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:07 – 15:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:16
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. 05:21 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:49 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:10 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:46 – 11:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:04 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 07:09 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
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:59 Sagittarius
- 05:59 – 07:32 Capricorn
- 07:32 – 08:47 Aquarius
- 08:47 – 10:00 Pisces
- 10:00 – 11:24 Aries
- 11:24 – 13:14 Taurus
- 13:14 – 15:31 Gemini
- 15:31 – 18:01 Cancer
- 18:01 – 20:30 Leo
- 20:30 – 22:59 Virgo
- 22:59 – 01:29 next day Libra
- 01:29 – 03:54 next day Scorpio
- 03:54 – 05:55 next day Sagittarius
- 05:55 – 07:09 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