Washington panchang, 23 November 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 15:48 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
07:00 to 16:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:14 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:50
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 13:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
16:48 to 07:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 13:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 15:32 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 09:28
- Karana Vanija until 13:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 13:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:54 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:27
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:28 – 19:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:50
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. 05:07 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 15:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:14 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 16:48 | Good |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:21 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 07:01 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:29 Libra
- 06:29 – 08:54 Scorpio
- 08:54 – 10:55 Sagittarius
- 10:55 – 12:27 Capricorn
- 12:27 – 13:43 Aquarius
- 13:43 – 14:56 Pisces
- 14:56 – 16:20 Aries
- 16:20 – 18:09 Taurus
- 18:09 – 20:27 Gemini
- 20:27 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 01:26 next day Leo
- 01:26 – 03:55 next day Virgo
- 03:55 – 06:25 next day Libra
- 06:25 – 07:01 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