Washington panchang, 26 November 2026
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 18:47 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
07:04 to 16:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:50
- 07:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:46 to 07:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 23:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:14
- Karana Vanija until 13:00, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:50
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:04 – 07:17
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 04:38 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. 05:09 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:38 – 07:05 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:38 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:04 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:08 – 14:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:21 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:33 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:33 – 20:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:21 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:08 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:30 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:17 – 07:05 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
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:17 Libra
- 06:17 – 08:42 Scorpio
- 08:42 – 10:43 Sagittarius
- 10:43 – 12:16 Capricorn
- 12:16 – 13:31 Aquarius
- 13:31 – 14:44 Pisces
- 14:44 – 16:08 Aries
- 16:08 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:15 Gemini
- 20:15 – 22:45 Cancer
- 22:45 – 01:14 next day Leo
- 01:14 – 03:43 next day Virgo
- 03:43 – 06:13 next day Libra
- 06:13 – 07:05 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