Washington panchang, 7 March 2026
Sunrise 06:32 EST Sunset 18:06 EST Moonrise 22:46 EST 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
06:32 EST to 18:06 EST- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 EST – 07:59 EST
- Durmuhurta 06:32 EST – 07:18 EST
- Durmuhurta 07:18 EST – 08:05 EST
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 EST – 10:52 EST
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 EST – 12:42 EST
- Yamaganda 13:46 EST – 15:12 EST
- 08:47 EST Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:47 EST Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:06 EST to 07:31 EDT next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 EST – 20:35 EST
- Brahma Muhurta 05:51 EDT – 06:41 EDT Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 EST Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:41 EST Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:01 EDT next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 08:47 EST
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:01 EDT next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:34 EST
- Karana Balava until 08:47 EST, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:47 EST Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:47 EST Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:34 EST Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:41 EST Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:01 EDT next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 EST – 07:59 EST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 EST – 07:18 EST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 EST – 08:05 EST
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 EST – 10:52 EST
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 EST – 15:12 EST
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:34 EST – 00:10 EST 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. 04:53 EST – 05:42 EST
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 EST – 12:42 EST
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 EST – 20:35 EST
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 EST – 04:01 EDT next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:32 EST – 04:01 EDT next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:32 EST – 08:47 EST
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 EST – 07:59 EST | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:59 EST – 09:26 EST | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 EST – 10:52 EST | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 EST – 12:19 EST | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 EST – 13:46 EST | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 EST – 15:12 EST | Good |
| Amrit | 15:12 EST – 16:39 EST | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 EST – 18:06 EST | Bad |
| Labh | 18:06 EST – 19:39 EST | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 EST – 21:12 EST | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:12 EST – 22:45 EST | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 EST – 00:18 EST next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 EST – 01:51 EST next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 EST – 04:24 EDT next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:24 EDT – 05:58 EDT next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:58 EDT – 07:31 EDT 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
- 06:32 EST NowSaturn
- 07:30 EST NowJupiter
- 08:28 EST NowMars
- 09:26 EST NowSun
- 10:23 EST NowVenus
- 11:21 EST NowMercury
- 12:19 EST NowMoon
- 13:17 EST NowSaturn
- 14:14 EST NowJupiter
- 15:12 EST NowMars
- 16:10 EST NowSun
- 17:08 EST NowVenus
- 18:06 EST NowMercury
- 19:08 EST NowMoon
- 20:10 EST NowSaturn
- 21:12 EST NowJupiter
- 22:14 EST NowMars
- 23:16 EST NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 EST NowVenus
- 01:20 EST NowMercury
- 03:22 EDT NowMoon
- 04:24 EDT NowSaturn
- 05:27 EDT NowJupiter
- 06:29 EDT NowMars
- 06:32 EST NowSaturn
- 07:32 EST NowJupiter
- 08:32 EST NowMars
- 09:32 EST NowSun
- 10:32 EST NowVenus
- 11:32 EST NowMercury
- 12:32 EST NowMoon
- 13:32 EST NowSaturn
- 14:32 EST NowJupiter
- 15:32 EST NowMars
- 16:32 EST NowSun
- 17:32 EST NowVenus
- 18:32 EST NowMercury
- 19:32 EST NowMoon
- 20:32 EST NowSaturn
- 21:32 EST NowJupiter
- 22:32 EST NowMars
- 23:32 EST NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 EST NowVenus
- 01:32 EST NowMercury
- 03:32 EDT NowMoon
- 04:32 EDT NowSaturn
- 05:32 EDT NowJupiter
- 06:32 EDT NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 EST – 05:38 EST Capricorn
- 05:38 EST – 06:53 EST Aquarius
- 06:53 EST – 08:06 EST Pisces
- 08:06 EST – 09:30 EST Aries
- 09:30 EST – 11:20 EST Taurus
- 11:20 EST – 13:37 EST Gemini
- 13:37 EST – 16:07 EST Cancer
- 16:07 EST – 18:36 EST Leo
- 18:36 EST – 21:05 EST Virgo
- 21:05 EST – 23:35 EST Libra
- 23:35 EST – 03:00 EDT next day Scorpio
- 03:00 EDT – 05:01 EDT next day Sagittarius
- 05:01 EDT – 06:34 EDT next day Capricorn
- 06:34 EDT – 07:31 EDT 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 · each time with its zone, as the clocks change within this day · Method