Washington panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 13:38 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:26 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta 15:32 – 16:10
- Rahu Kalam 15:37 – 16:47
- 09:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:47 to 07:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:45
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:39 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 18:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:45, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:32 – 16:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 16:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:23 – 02:39 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. 05:27 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:43
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:23 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:34 – 09:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:44 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:26 | Good |
| Rog | 14:26 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:37 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:37 – 20:26 | Good |
| Char | 20:26 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:45 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:24 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 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 07:04 next day Scorpio
- 07:04 – 07:24 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