Washington panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 10:39 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
07:19 to 16:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:23 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:29 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:34 – 16:45
Night
16:45 to 07:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:46 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 22:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 02:34 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:34, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 19:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:29 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:34 – 16:45
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 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:42 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:30 – 09:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:40 – 10:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:51 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:23 | Good |
| Rog | 14:23 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:34 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:23 | Good |
| Char | 20:23 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:41 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:35 Scorpio
- 07:35 – 09:36 Sagittarius
- 09:36 – 11:09 Capricorn
- 11:09 – 12:24 Aquarius
- 12:24 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 05:07 next day Libra
- 05:07 – 07:20 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