Washington panchang, 20 February 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 08:19 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
06:54 to 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam 11:00 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:28
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:50 to 06:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:53
- Karana Vanija until 15:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:22 – 02:31 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:33 – 00:33 next day
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. 05:09 – 06:01
- 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 17:50 – 20:26
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 09:37 – 06:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:37 – 06:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:37 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:38 – 11:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:00 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:59 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:52 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:37 Capricorn
- 06:37 – 07:52 Aquarius
- 07:52 – 09:05 Pisces
- 09:05 – 10:29 Aries
- 10:29 – 12:18 Taurus
- 12:18 – 14:36 Gemini
- 14:36 – 17:06 Cancer
- 17:06 – 19:35 Leo
- 19:35 – 22:04 Virgo
- 22:04 – 00:34 next day Libra
- 00:34 – 02:59 next day Scorpio
- 02:59 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
- 05:00 – 06:33 next day Capricorn
- 06:33 – 06:52 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