Washington panchang, 23 February 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 09:51 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
06:50 to 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:12 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 10:58 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:40
- 09:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:42 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:53 to 06:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:32
- Nakshatra Krittika until 04:37 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 20:53
- Karana Gara until 09:36, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:53 – 17:56 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. 05:06 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:37 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:12 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 10:58 | Good |
| Rog | 10:58 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:25 Capricorn
- 06:25 – 07:40 Aquarius
- 07:40 – 08:53 Pisces
- 08:53 – 10:17 Aries
- 10:17 – 12:07 Taurus
- 12:07 – 14:24 Gemini
- 14:24 – 16:54 Cancer
- 16:54 – 19:23 Leo
- 19:23 – 21:52 Virgo
- 21:52 – 00:23 next day Libra
- 00:23 – 02:47 next day Scorpio
- 02:47 – 04:48 next day Sagittarius
- 04:48 – 06:21 next day Capricorn
- 06:21 – 06:48 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