Washington panchang, 13 November 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 10:57 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
06:49 to 16:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:23 – 15:38
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:54 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:33 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:13
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:54 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:52
- Karana Vishti until 10:13, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:33 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:38
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:52 – 20:52
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. 04:58 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:49 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:23 – 15:38 | Bad |
| Char | 15:38 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:23 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:51 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:08 Libra
- 07:08 – 09:33 Scorpio
- 09:33 – 11:34 Sagittarius
- 11:34 – 13:07 Capricorn
- 13:07 – 14:22 Aquarius
- 14:22 – 15:35 Pisces
- 15:35 – 16:59 Aries
- 16:59 – 18:49 Taurus
- 18:49 – 21:06 Gemini
- 21:06 – 23:36 Cancer
- 23:36 – 02:05 next day Leo
- 02:05 – 04:34 next day Virgo
- 04:34 – 06:51 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