Washington panchang, 19 February 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 07:55 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
06:55 to 17:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta 10:33 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:38
- 10:12 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:48 to 06:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:08 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 10:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 10:12
- Karana Taitila until 16:51, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:12 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:33 – 11:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:38
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. 05:10 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:48 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:55 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:17 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Char | 11:00 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:48 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:54 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
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:41 Capricorn
- 06:41 – 07:56 Aquarius
- 07:56 – 09:09 Pisces
- 09:09 – 10:33 Aries
- 10:33 – 12:22 Taurus
- 12:22 – 14:40 Gemini
- 14:40 – 17:10 Cancer
- 17:10 – 19:39 Leo
- 19:39 – 22:08 Virgo
- 22:08 – 00:38 next day Libra
- 00:38 – 03:03 next day Scorpio
- 03:03 – 05:04 next day Sagittarius
- 05:04 – 06:37 next day Capricorn
- 06:37 – 06:54 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