Washington panchang, 21 November 2026
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 14:39 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
06:58 to 16:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:21
- 07:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
16:49 to 06:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:25 Moon enters Aries
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:27
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 16:00
- Karana Bava until 07:20, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:25 Moon enters Aries
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:00 – 12:59 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:58 – 19:25
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. 05:05 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:12 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:21 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:21 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:59 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
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:37 Libra
- 06:37 – 09:02 Scorpio
- 09:02 – 11:03 Sagittarius
- 11:03 – 12:35 Capricorn
- 12:35 – 13:51 Aquarius
- 13:51 – 15:03 Pisces
- 15:03 – 16:28 Aries
- 16:28 – 18:17 Taurus
- 18:17 – 20:35 Gemini
- 20:35 – 23:05 Cancer
- 23:05 – 01:34 next day Leo
- 01:34 – 04:03 next day Virgo
- 04:03 – 06:33 next day Libra
- 06:33 – 06:59 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