Washington panchang, 15 December 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 11:28 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:13 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 09:42 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:24 – 15:35
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:45 to 07:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:49
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:32 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 03:16 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:49, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:13 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:35
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 03:32 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:32 – 07:21 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. 05:24 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:22
- 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 23:55 – 03:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:31 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Char | 09:42 – 10:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:52 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:24 – 15:35 | Good |
| Rog | 15:35 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:45 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:24 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:53 – 03:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:42 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:27 Scorpio
- 07:27 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 14:53 Aries
- 14:53 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:28 next day Virgo
- 02:28 – 04:59 next day Libra
- 04:59 – 07:21 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