Washington panchang, 4 December 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 02:59 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
07:11 to 16:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:33
- 12:32 Moon enters Libra
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:44 to 07:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:15
- Nakshatra Chitra until 01:19 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 21:23
- Karana Balava until 13:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:32 Moon enters Libra
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:33
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. 05:16 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:11 – 13:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:11 – 08:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:23 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:21 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:21 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:46 Libra
- 05:46 – 08:10 Scorpio
- 08:10 – 10:12 Sagittarius
- 10:12 – 11:44 Capricorn
- 11:44 – 13:00 Aquarius
- 13:00 – 14:12 Pisces
- 14:12 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 03:12 next day Virgo
- 03:12 – 05:42 next day Libra
- 05:42 – 07:12 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