Washington panchang, 13 March 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 19:12 Moonrise 04:26 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
07:23 to 19:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:32
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:41
- Durmuhurta 13:41 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:14 – 17:43
- 09:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
19:12 to 07:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:12 – 21:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:03 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:41
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 01:12 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:54, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:03 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:41 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:43
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:12 – 13:04 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. 05:45 – 06:34
- 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 19:12 – 21:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:41 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:23 – 08:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Char | 17:43 – 19:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:43 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:19 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:22 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
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 06:14 Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:29 Aquarius
- 07:29 – 08:42 Pisces
- 08:42 – 10:06 Aries
- 10:06 – 11:56 Taurus
- 11:56 – 14:13 Gemini
- 14:13 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 21:41 Virgo
- 21:41 – 00:12 next day Libra
- 00:12 – 02:36 next day Scorpio
- 02:36 – 04:37 next day Sagittarius
- 04:37 – 06:10 next day Capricorn
- 06:10 – 07:22 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