Washington panchang, 11 March 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 19:10 Moonrise 02:48 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
07:26 to 19:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:46
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:10 to 07:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:10 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:49
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:28 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:28 – 01:01 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. 05:48 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:10 – 21:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:21 – 05:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:25 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 06:22 Capricorn
- 06:22 – 07:37 Aquarius
- 07:37 – 08:50 Pisces
- 08:50 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:04 Taurus
- 12:04 – 14:21 Gemini
- 14:21 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 19:21 Leo
- 19:21 – 21:49 Virgo
- 21:49 – 00:20 next day Libra
- 00:20 – 02:44 next day Scorpio
- 02:44 – 04:45 next day Sagittarius
- 04:45 – 06:18 next day Capricorn
- 06:18 – 07:25 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