Washington panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 19:15 Moonrise 06:07 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
07:18 to 19:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:17
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:51
- 08:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:15 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:15 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 22:45
- Karana Gara until 12:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:53 – 11:29 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. 05:42 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:15 – 21:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:15 | Good |
| Char | 19:15 – 20:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:16 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:47 – 07:17 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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 06:02 Capricorn
- 06:02 – 07:18 Aquarius
- 07:18 – 08:30 Pisces
- 08:30 – 09:55 Aries
- 09:55 – 11:44 Taurus
- 11:44 – 14:02 Gemini
- 14:02 – 16:32 Cancer
- 16:32 – 19:01 Leo
- 19:01 – 21:29 Virgo
- 21:29 – 00:00 next day Libra
- 00:00 – 02:24 next day Scorpio
- 02:24 – 04:26 next day Sagittarius
- 04:26 – 05:58 next day Capricorn
- 05:58 – 07:14 next day Aquarius
- 07:14 – 07:17 next day Pisces
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