Washington panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 12:13 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
07:22 to 16:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 09:43 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta 10:30 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:53
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:46 to 07:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:49 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:56, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:51 – 01:49 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:30 – 11:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:53
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. 05:25 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 07:22 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:32 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:43 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Char | 10:53 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:35 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:54 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:22 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
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:19 Scorpio
- 07:19 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:09 Aquarius
- 12:09 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:52 Leo
- 23:52 – 02:20 next day Virgo
- 02:20 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 07:15 next day Scorpio
- 07:15 – 07:22 next day Sagittarius
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