Washington panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 07:32 Phalguna 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
06:56 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:43
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:47 to 06:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:29 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 12:15
- Karana Balava until 18:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:43
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. 05:11 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:18 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:55 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:12 Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 06:44 Capricorn
- 06:44 – 08:00 Aquarius
- 08:00 – 09:12 Pisces
- 09:12 – 10:37 Aries
- 10:37 – 12:26 Taurus
- 12:26 – 14:44 Gemini
- 14:44 – 17:14 Cancer
- 17:14 – 19:43 Leo
- 19:43 – 22:12 Virgo
- 22:12 – 00:42 next day Libra
- 00:42 – 03:07 next day Scorpio
- 03:07 – 05:08 next day Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 06:41 next day Capricorn
- 06:41 – 06:55 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