Washington panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 12:37 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:54 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:36
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:46 to 07:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 05:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 00:05 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:36
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:05 – 10:52 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 12:44 – 05:28 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. 05:25 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:22 – 12:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:22 – 05:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 07:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:28 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:22 – 08:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:33 – 09:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:43 – 10:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:54 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:36 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:54 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:33 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:15 Scorpio
- 07:15 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:31 Taurus
- 16:31 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 07:11 next day Scorpio
- 07:11 – 07:23 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