Washington panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 08:05 Margashirsha 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
07:16 to 16:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:11
- 09:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
16:44 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 22:16
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 22:54
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:54 – 01:18 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. 05:20 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:16 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:22 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:26 Libra
- 05:26 – 07:51 Scorpio
- 07:51 – 09:52 Sagittarius
- 09:52 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 12:40 Aquarius
- 12:40 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:52 next day Virgo
- 02:52 – 05:22 next day Libra
- 05:22 – 07:17 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