Washington panchang, 17 November 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 13:02 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
06:54 to 16:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 09:23 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:22 – 15:36
Night
16:51 to 06:55 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:35
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 18:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:35
- Karana Bava until 19:35, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:35 – 01:11 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:54 – 18:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:04 – 06:55 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 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:54 – 19:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:04 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:09 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Char | 09:23 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:22 – 15:36 | Good |
| Rog | 15:36 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:22 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:08 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:55 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
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:53 Libra
- 06:53 – 09:17 Scorpio
- 09:17 – 11:18 Sagittarius
- 11:18 – 12:51 Capricorn
- 12:51 – 14:06 Aquarius
- 14:06 – 15:19 Pisces
- 15:19 – 16:43 Aries
- 16:43 – 18:33 Taurus
- 18:33 – 20:50 Gemini
- 20:50 – 23:20 Cancer
- 23:20 – 01:50 next day Leo
- 01:50 – 04:18 next day Virgo
- 04:18 – 06:49 next day Libra
- 06:49 – 06:55 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