Washington panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 12:37 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
06:53 to 16:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:52
- 15:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
16:52 to 06:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:24
- Karana Vanija until 17:50, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:00 – 06:47 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. 05:01 – 05:57
- 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 16:52 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 15:47
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:53 – 15:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:22 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 16:52 | Good |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:22 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:57 Libra
- 06:57 – 09:21 Scorpio
- 09:21 – 11:22 Sagittarius
- 11:22 – 12:55 Capricorn
- 12:55 – 14:10 Aquarius
- 14:10 – 15:23 Pisces
- 15:23 – 16:47 Aries
- 16:47 – 18:37 Taurus
- 18:37 – 20:54 Gemini
- 20:54 – 23:24 Cancer
- 23:24 – 01:54 next day Leo
- 01:54 – 04:22 next day Virgo
- 04:22 – 06:53 next day Libra
- 06:53 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
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