Washington panchang, 15 February 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 06:09 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
07:00 to 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:44
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:44 to 06:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:04 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:16
- Karana Vishti until 18:54, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:47 – 16:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:44
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. 05:14 – 06:07
- 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 17:44 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 09:18
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:00 – 08:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:20 – 09:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:41 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:23 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:40 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:19 – 06:59 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
- 07:00 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:24 Sagittarius
- 05:24 – 06:56 Capricorn
- 06:56 – 08:12 Aquarius
- 08:12 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 10:49 Aries
- 10:49 – 12:38 Taurus
- 12:38 – 14:56 Gemini
- 14:56 – 17:26 Cancer
- 17:26 – 19:55 Leo
- 19:55 – 22:23 Virgo
- 22:23 – 00:54 next day Libra
- 00:54 – 03:18 next day Scorpio
- 03:18 – 05:20 next day Sagittarius
- 05:20 – 06:52 next day Capricorn
- 06:52 – 06:59 next day Aquarius
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