Washington panchang, 14 December 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 11:05 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
07:20 to 16:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 10:52 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:52
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:06 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
16:45 to 07:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:46
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:23 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 03:08 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:08 – 04:20 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. 05:23 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 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 07:20 – 01:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:41 – 10:52 | Good |
| Rog | 10:52 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:24 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 16:45 | Good |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:24 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:52 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:31 Scorpio
- 07:31 – 09:32 Sagittarius
- 09:32 – 11:05 Capricorn
- 11:05 – 12:20 Aquarius
- 12:20 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 16:47 Taurus
- 16:47 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 05:03 next day Libra
- 05:03 – 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