Washington panchang, 8 February 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:36 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
07:08 to 17:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:36
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:36 to 07:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:32 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 18:31
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 13:38
- Karana Bava until 18:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:32 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:36
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:32 – 07:07 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. 05:20 – 06:14
- 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 17:36 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:08 – 18:32
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:08 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 09:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:45 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:07 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
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:51 Sagittarius
- 05:51 – 07:24 Capricorn
- 07:24 – 08:39 Aquarius
- 08:39 – 09:52 Pisces
- 09:52 – 11:16 Aries
- 11:16 – 13:06 Taurus
- 13:06 – 15:23 Gemini
- 15:23 – 17:53 Cancer
- 17:53 – 20:22 Leo
- 20:22 – 22:51 Virgo
- 22:51 – 01:21 next day Libra
- 01:21 – 03:46 next day Scorpio
- 03:46 – 05:47 next day Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 07:07 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