Washington panchang, 29 December 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 23:46 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 16:53- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 09:58
- Yamaganda 09:48 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 15:42
- 11:07 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:53 to 07:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:11 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:06 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 05:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 03:11 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:25, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:07 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:11 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:55 – 11:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 10:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:42
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 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 05:07 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:06 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:27 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:38 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Char | 09:48 – 10:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:59 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 15:42 | Good |
| Rog | 15:42 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:31 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:59 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:27 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
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:34 Pisces
- 12:34 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 15:48 Taurus
- 15:48 – 18:05 Gemini
- 18:05 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 23:05 Leo
- 23:05 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:28 next day Scorpio
- 06:28 – 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