Washington panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 19:11 Moonrise 03:41 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
07:25 to 19:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:49
- 07:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:11 to 07:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:11 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 20:59
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:01 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:57, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:49
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. 05:47 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:11 – 21:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:59 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:42 – 19:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:11 – 20:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:42 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:23 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
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 06:18 Capricorn
- 06:18 – 07:33 Aquarius
- 07:33 – 08:46 Pisces
- 08:46 – 10:10 Aries
- 10:10 – 12:00 Taurus
- 12:00 – 14:17 Gemini
- 14:17 – 16:47 Cancer
- 16:47 – 19:17 Leo
- 19:17 – 21:45 Virgo
- 21:45 – 00:16 next day Libra
- 00:16 – 02:40 next day Scorpio
- 02:40 – 04:41 next day Sagittarius
- 04:41 – 06:14 next day Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:23 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