Washington panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 10:09 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
07:18 to 16:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 09:40 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:23
Night
16:45 to 07:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 06:18 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:44 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:44 – 05:20 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. 05:22 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 19:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 06:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:42 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:29 – 09:40 | Good |
| Rog | 09:40 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:23 – 15:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:34 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:23 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:40 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:19 next day | Good |
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
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:39 Scorpio
- 07:39 – 09:40 Sagittarius
- 09:40 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 05:11 next day Libra
- 05:11 – 07:19 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