Washington panchang, 9 November 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 07:15 Kartika 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 16:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:55
- 14:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:18 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
16:58 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:30 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:49 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:27
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:43, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:18 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:49 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:55
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. 04:55 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:49 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:24 – 15:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:41 – 16:58 | Good |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:46 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 07:24 Libra
- 07:24 – 09:49 Scorpio
- 09:49 – 11:50 Sagittarius
- 11:50 – 13:23 Capricorn
- 13:23 – 14:38 Aquarius
- 14:38 – 15:51 Pisces
- 15:51 – 17:15 Aries
- 17:15 – 19:04 Taurus
- 19:04 – 21:22 Gemini
- 21:22 – 23:52 Cancer
- 23:52 – 02:21 next day Leo
- 02:21 – 04:50 next day Virgo
- 04:50 – 06:46 next day Libra
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