Washington panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 08:45 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
06:52 to 17:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:06
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:37 Moon enters Aries
- 13:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:51 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:40 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 02:38 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:37, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:37 Moon enters Aries
- 13:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:52 – 08:37
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. 05:08 – 06:00
- 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 17:51 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 08:37
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:15 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:28 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 01:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:58 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:51 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
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:33 Capricorn
- 06:33 – 07:48 Aquarius
- 07:48 – 09:01 Pisces
- 09:01 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:15 Taurus
- 12:15 – 14:32 Gemini
- 14:32 – 17:02 Cancer
- 17:02 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 22:00 Virgo
- 22:00 – 00:30 next day Libra
- 00:30 – 02:55 next day Scorpio
- 02:55 – 04:56 next day Sagittarius
- 04:56 – 06:29 next day Capricorn
- 06:29 – 06:51 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