Washington panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 07:31 EDT Sunset 19:07 EDT Moonrise 00:49 EDT next day Phalguna month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:31 EDT to 19:07 EDT- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 EDT – 13:42 EDT
- Yamaganda 13:19 EDT – 14:46 EDT
- Gulika Kalam 16:13 EDT – 17:40 EDT
- Durmuhurta 17:34 EDT – 18:20 EDT
- Rahu Kalam 17:40 EDT – 19:07 EDT
- 11:41 EDT Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:41 EDT Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:07 EDT to 07:29 EDT next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:07 EDT – 21:35 EDT
- Brahma Muhurta 05:50 EDT – 06:40 EDT Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 EDT Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:00 EDT next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:47 EDT next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:41 EDT next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 11:41 EDT
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:41 EDT next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:05 EDT
- Karana Taitila until 11:41 EDT, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:41 EDT Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:41 EDT Karana becomes Gara
- 22:05 EDT Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:00 EDT next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:47 EDT next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:41 EDT next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 EDT – 14:46 EDT
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 EDT – 17:40 EDT
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:34 EDT – 18:20 EDT
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:40 EDT – 19:07 EDT
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:31 EDT – 06:41 EDT next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:41 EDT – 07:29 EDT 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. 05:51 EDT – 06:41 EDT
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 EDT – 13:42 EDT
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:07 EDT – 21:35 EDT
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 EDT – 07:29 EDT next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:31 EDT – 08:58 EDT | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:58 EDT – 10:25 EDT | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 EDT – 11:52 EDT | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 EDT – 13:19 EDT | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 EDT – 14:46 EDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 EDT – 16:13 EDT | Good |
| Rog | 16:13 EDT – 17:40 EDT | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:40 EDT – 19:07 EDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:07 EDT – 20:39 EDT | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:39 EDT – 22:12 EDT | Good |
| Char | 22:12 EDT – 23:45 EDT | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 EDT – 01:18 EDT next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 EDT – 02:51 EDT next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 EDT – 04:24 EDT next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 EDT – 05:56 EDT next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:56 EDT – 07:29 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
- 07:31 EDT NowSun
- 08:29 EDT NowVenus
- 09:27 EDT NowMercury
- 10:25 EDT NowMoon
- 11:23 EDT NowSaturn
- 12:21 EDT NowJupiter
- 13:19 EDT NowMars
- 14:17 EDT NowSun
- 15:15 EDT NowVenus
- 16:13 EDT NowMercury
- 17:11 EDT NowMoon
- 18:09 EDT NowSaturn
- 19:07 EDT NowJupiter
- 20:08 EDT NowMars
- 21:10 EDT NowSun
- 22:12 EDT NowVenus
- 23:14 EDT NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 EDT NowMoon
- 01:18 EDT NowSaturn
- 02:20 EDT NowJupiter
- 03:22 EDT NowMars
- 04:24 EDT NowSun
- 05:25 EDT NowVenus
- 06:27 EDT NowMercury
- 07:31 EDT NowSun
- 08:31 EDT NowVenus
- 09:31 EDT NowMercury
- 10:31 EDT NowMoon
- 11:31 EDT NowSaturn
- 12:31 EDT NowJupiter
- 13:31 EDT NowMars
- 14:31 EDT NowSun
- 15:31 EDT NowVenus
- 16:31 EDT NowMercury
- 17:31 EDT NowMoon
- 18:31 EDT NowSaturn
- 19:31 EDT NowJupiter
- 20:31 EDT NowMars
- 21:31 EDT NowSun
- 22:31 EDT NowVenus
- 23:31 EDT NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 EDT NowMoon
- 01:31 EDT NowSaturn
- 02:31 EDT NowJupiter
- 03:31 EDT NowMars
- 04:31 EDT NowSun
- 05:31 EDT NowVenus
- 06:31 EDT NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:51 EDT – 06:34 EDT Capricorn
- 06:34 EDT – 07:49 EDT Aquarius
- 07:49 EDT – 09:02 EDT Pisces
- 09:02 EDT – 10:26 EDT Aries
- 10:26 EDT – 12:16 EDT Taurus
- 12:16 EDT – 14:33 EDT Gemini
- 14:33 EDT – 17:03 EDT Cancer
- 17:03 EDT – 19:32 EDT Leo
- 19:32 EDT – 22:01 EDT Virgo
- 22:01 EDT – 00:31 EDT next day Libra
- 00:31 EDT – 02:56 EDT next day Scorpio
- 02:56 EDT – 04:57 EDT next day Sagittarius
- 04:57 EDT – 06:30 EDT next day Capricorn
- 06:30 EDT – 07:29 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