Washington panchang, 12 February 2026
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 03:59 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
07:04 to 17:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam 09:43 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:36 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:33
- 14:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:41 to 07:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:56 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:42 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 16:36
- Karana Bava until 14:57, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:36 – 11:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:36 – 17:48
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. 05:16 – 06:10
- 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 17:41 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:04 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:23 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:43 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:22 – 07:02 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
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:35 Sagittarius
- 05:35 – 07:08 Capricorn
- 07:08 – 08:23 Aquarius
- 08:23 – 09:36 Pisces
- 09:36 – 11:00 Aries
- 11:00 – 12:50 Taurus
- 12:50 – 15:07 Gemini
- 15:07 – 17:37 Cancer
- 17:37 – 20:07 Leo
- 20:07 – 22:35 Virgo
- 22:35 – 01:06 next day Libra
- 01:06 – 03:30 next day Scorpio
- 03:30 – 05:31 next day Sagittarius
- 05:31 – 07:02 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