Washington panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 07:47 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
07:12 to 19:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:26
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:17 – 17:48
- 12:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:57 Moon enters Aries
- 17:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:19 to 07:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 12:45
- Karana Kaulava until 17:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:57 Moon enters Aries
- 17:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:48
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. 05:37 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:12 – 16:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:12 – 16:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:57 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:12 – 08:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Char | 17:48 – 19:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:11 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
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 05:46 Capricorn
- 05:46 – 07:02 Aquarius
- 07:02 – 08:15 Pisces
- 08:15 – 09:39 Aries
- 09:39 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:46 Gemini
- 13:46 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:45 Leo
- 18:45 – 21:14 Virgo
- 21:14 – 23:44 Libra
- 23:44 – 02:09 next day Scorpio
- 02:09 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 05:43 next day Capricorn
- 05:43 – 06:58 next day Aquarius
- 06:58 – 07:11 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