Washington panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:53 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:21
- 13:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:53 to 07:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:56 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:02 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:43 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 01:56 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:56 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:56 – 04:20 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. 05:31 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:27 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:38 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:43 – 16:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 12:30 Pisces
- 12:30 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 18:01 Gemini
- 18:01 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:29 next day Virgo
- 01:29 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 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