Washington panchang, 11 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 09:35 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
07:17 to 16:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:23 – 15:34
- 14:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
16:44 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 03:36 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 16:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:47 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:14, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:34
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:31 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 02:22 – 04:40 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. 05:21 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:34 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:17 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:39 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:23 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:34 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:23 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:43 Scorpio
- 07:43 – 09:44 Sagittarius
- 09:44 – 11:17 Capricorn
- 11:17 – 12:32 Aquarius
- 12:32 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 05:14 next day Libra
- 05:14 – 07:18 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