Washington panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 16:19 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
07:25 to 16:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:17
- 07:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:49 to 07:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 02:21 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:17
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. 05:28 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 18:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 16:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:25 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
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:22 Aries
- 14:22 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
- 06:52 – 07:25 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