Washington panchang, 27 February 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 13:48 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
06:44 to 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:33
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:22 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:57 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:03
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:05 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:13
- Karana Vishti until 12:03, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:22 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:33
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:05 – 06:43 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. 05:02 – 05:53
- 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 17:57 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 23:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 12:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:32 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:33 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:09 Capricorn
- 06:09 – 07:24 Aquarius
- 07:24 – 08:37 Pisces
- 08:37 – 10:01 Aries
- 10:01 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:38 Cancer
- 16:38 – 19:08 Leo
- 19:08 – 21:36 Virgo
- 21:36 – 00:07 next day Libra
- 00:07 – 02:31 next day Scorpio
- 02:31 – 04:32 next day Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 06:05 next day Capricorn
- 06:05 – 06:43 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