Washington panchang, 19 December 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 13:04 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
07:23 to 16:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 09:44 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:26
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:47 to 07:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 11:39
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 04:25 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 21:40
- Karana Gara until 11:39, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:26
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. 05:26 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 04:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:33 – 09:44 | Good |
| Rog | 09:44 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:26 – 15:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:36 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:26 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:55 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:44 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:23 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
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 07:08 next day Scorpio
- 07:08 – 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