Washington panchang, 2 December 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 00:50 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
07:10 to 16:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:09
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:44 to 07:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 22:45
- Karana Gara until 12:22, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:09
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. 05:14 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:53 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Char | 14:21 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:54 Libra
- 05:54 – 08:18 Scorpio
- 08:18 – 10:19 Sagittarius
- 10:19 – 11:52 Capricorn
- 11:52 – 13:07 Aquarius
- 13:07 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 15:44 Aries
- 15:44 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 00:51 next day Leo
- 00:51 – 03:19 next day Virgo
- 03:19 – 05:50 next day Libra
- 05:50 – 07:11 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