Washington panchang, 26 February 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 12:36 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
06:45 to 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam 09:33 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:42
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:03 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:56 to 06:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Ardra until 00:19 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 12:03
- Karana Gara until 14:03, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:42
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 00:19 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. 05:03 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 00:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:45 – 14:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:19 – 06:44 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:19 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:09 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:33 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Char | 10:57 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:56 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:32 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:44 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:13 Capricorn
- 06:13 – 07:28 Aquarius
- 07:28 – 08:41 Pisces
- 08:41 – 10:05 Aries
- 10:05 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 14:12 Gemini
- 14:12 – 16:42 Cancer
- 16:42 – 19:12 Leo
- 19:12 – 21:40 Virgo
- 21:40 – 00:11 next day Libra
- 00:11 – 02:35 next day Scorpio
- 02:35 – 04:36 next day Sagittarius
- 04:36 – 06:09 next day Capricorn
- 06:09 – 06:44 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