Washington panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 00:51 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 16:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:49 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta 10:36 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:01
- 14:16 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:54 to 07:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Moon enters Libra
- 01:13 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:40 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:59 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:13 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:16, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:17 Moon enters Libra
- 01:13 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:36 – 11:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:01
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:40 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:27 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:38 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:49 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Char | 11:00 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:32 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:43 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:43 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:00 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:49 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:24 Scorpio
- 06:24 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:26 Pisces
- 12:26 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:40 Taurus
- 15:40 – 17:57 Gemini
- 17:57 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 01:25 next day Virgo
- 01:25 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
- 06:20 – 07:28 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