Washington panchang, 28 December 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 22:39 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
07:27 to 16:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 10:59 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 14:59
- 15:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:52 to 07:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:55 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 05:13 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 05:00 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:36, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 14:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:55 – 11:07 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. 05:30 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 02:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:37 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 10:59 | Good |
| Rog | 10:59 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:41 – 16:52 | Good |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:59 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:38 – 07:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:36 Scorpio
- 06:36 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:25 Aquarius
- 11:25 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 15:52 Taurus
- 15:52 – 18:09 Gemini
- 18:09 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:32 next day Scorpio
- 06:32 – 07:27 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