Washington panchang, 20 November 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 14:12 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
06:57 to 16:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:35
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:49 to 06:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:20 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:02
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:20 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 18:25
- Karana Vanija until 08:30, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:20 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:30 – 20:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:35
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. 05:04 – 06:01
- 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 16:49 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:57 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:57 – 20:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:20 – 06:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:20 – 06:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:57 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:21 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:49 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:35 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:21 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:58 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:41 Libra
- 06:41 – 09:05 Scorpio
- 09:05 – 11:07 Sagittarius
- 11:07 – 12:39 Capricorn
- 12:39 – 13:55 Aquarius
- 13:55 – 15:07 Pisces
- 15:07 – 16:32 Aries
- 16:32 – 18:21 Taurus
- 18:21 – 20:39 Gemini
- 20:39 – 23:09 Cancer
- 23:09 – 01:38 next day Leo
- 01:38 – 04:07 next day Virgo
- 04:07 – 06:37 next day Libra
- 06:37 – 06:58 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