Washington panchang, 19 March 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 07:21 Chaitra 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
07:14 to 19:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:53
- 08:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
19:18 to 07:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 18:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 15:47
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:26, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:53
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. 05:38 – 06:26
- 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 19:18 – 21:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:35 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:44 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:47 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:12 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
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 05:50 Capricorn
- 05:50 – 07:06 Aquarius
- 07:06 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 09:43 Aries
- 09:43 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 18:49 Leo
- 18:49 – 21:18 Virgo
- 21:18 – 23:48 Libra
- 23:48 – 02:13 next day Scorpio
- 02:13 – 04:14 next day Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 05:46 next day Capricorn
- 05:46 – 07:02 next day Aquarius
- 07:02 – 07:12 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