Washington panchang, 19 November 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 13:49 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
06:56 to 16:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:51
- 08:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:20 Moon enters Pisces
Night
16:50 to 06:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:46 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:46
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 20:10
- Karana Taitila until 08:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:20 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:10 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:10 – 21:22
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. 05:03 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 06:57 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:10 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:21 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:36 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:36 – 20:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:22 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:08 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:57 next day | Good |
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
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:45 Libra
- 06:45 – 09:09 Scorpio
- 09:09 – 11:11 Sagittarius
- 11:11 – 12:43 Capricorn
- 12:43 – 13:59 Aquarius
- 13:59 – 15:11 Pisces
- 15:11 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:25 Taurus
- 18:25 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 23:13 Cancer
- 23:13 – 01:42 next day Leo
- 01:42 – 04:10 next day Virgo
- 04:10 – 06:41 next day Libra
- 06:41 – 06:57 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