Washington panchang, 8 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 07:09 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
07:15 to 16:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 09:37 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:22 – 15:33
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
16:44 to 07:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 22:09 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 19:51
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:46 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:09
- Karana Naga until 19:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 22:09 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:09 – 00:09 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. 05:19 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:26 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Char | 09:37 – 10:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:48 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:22 – 15:33 | Good |
| Rog | 15:33 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:22 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:38 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:27 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:30 Libra
- 05:30 – 07:55 Scorpio
- 07:55 – 09:56 Sagittarius
- 09:56 – 11:29 Capricorn
- 11:29 – 12:44 Aquarius
- 12:44 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:58 Cancer
- 21:58 – 00:27 next day Leo
- 00:27 – 02:56 next day Virgo
- 02:56 – 05:26 next day Libra
- 05:26 – 07:16 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