Washington panchang, 9 February 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 01:01 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
07:07 to 17:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 11:03 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:31
- 07:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:41 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:37 to 07:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:25 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 20:57
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:25 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:21
- Karana Balava until 07:43, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:25 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:31
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. 05:19 – 06:13
- 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 17:37 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:25 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:26 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:45 – 11:03 | Good |
| Rog | 11:03 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:37 | Good |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:25 – 07:06 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:47 Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 07:20 Capricorn
- 07:20 – 08:35 Aquarius
- 08:35 – 09:48 Pisces
- 09:48 – 11:12 Aries
- 11:12 – 13:02 Taurus
- 13:02 – 15:19 Gemini
- 15:19 – 17:49 Cancer
- 17:49 – 20:18 Leo
- 20:18 – 22:47 Virgo
- 22:47 – 01:18 next day Libra
- 01:18 – 03:42 next day Scorpio
- 03:42 – 05:43 next day Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 07:06 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