Washington panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 06:33 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
07:17 to 19:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:29
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:46
- 11:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
19:16 to 07:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 22:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 22:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 22:55
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:52
- Karana Vishti until 11:29, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 22:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 22:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:53 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:46
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 20:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:39 – 07:15 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. 05:41 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:16 – 21:40
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:46 | Good |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:15 – 05:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:45 – 07:15 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
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 05:58 Capricorn
- 05:58 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 08:26 Pisces
- 08:26 – 09:51 Aries
- 09:51 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 16:28 Cancer
- 16:28 – 18:57 Leo
- 18:57 – 21:26 Virgo
- 21:26 – 23:56 Libra
- 23:56 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:22 next day Sagittarius
- 04:22 – 05:54 next day Capricorn
- 05:54 – 07:10 next day Aquarius
- 07:10 – 07:15 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