Washington panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 00:49 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
07:29 to 19:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:24
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:42
- Durmuhurta 13:42 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:48
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:08 to 07:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:57
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:35 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 22:51
- Karana Vanija until 13:57, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:42 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:51 – 00:03 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. 05:50 – 06:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:08 – 21:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:29 – 07:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:29 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:08 | Good |
| Char | 19:08 – 20:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:23 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:55 – 07:28 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
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:50 – 06:30 Capricorn
- 06:30 – 07:45 Aquarius
- 07:45 – 08:58 Pisces
- 08:58 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:12 Taurus
- 12:12 – 14:29 Gemini
- 14:29 – 16:59 Cancer
- 16:59 – 19:28 Leo
- 19:28 – 21:57 Virgo
- 21:57 – 00:27 next day Libra
- 00:27 – 02:52 next day Scorpio
- 02:52 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
- 04:53 – 06:26 next day Capricorn
- 06:26 – 07:28 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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method