Washington panchang, 2 March 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 17:24 Phalguna 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
06:40 to 18:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:44
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:00 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:26
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:01 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:54
- Karana Vanija until 07:26, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:26 – 18:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:44
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. 04:58 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:00 | Good |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:35 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:38 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
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:13 Aquarius
- 07:13 – 08:25 Pisces
- 08:25 – 09:50 Aries
- 09:50 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:57 Gemini
- 13:57 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 18:56 Leo
- 18:56 – 21:25 Virgo
- 21:25 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 02:20 next day Scorpio
- 02:20 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 05:53 next day Capricorn
- 05:53 – 06:38 next day Aquarius
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