Washington panchang, 22 March 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 19:20 Moonrise 08:51 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
07:09 to 19:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 16:18 – 17:49
- Durmuhurta 17:43 – 18:32
- Rahu Kalam 17:49 – 19:20
- 11:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:44 Moon enters Taurus
Night
19:20 to 07:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:20 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:52 next day
- Karana Vishti until 11:47, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:31 – 06:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:11 – 07:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:43 – 18:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:49 – 19:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:09 – 13:12
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. 05:34 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:20 – 21:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:09 – 13:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:40 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:11 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:39 – 07:07 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
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 05:39 Capricorn
- 05:39 – 06:54 Aquarius
- 06:54 – 08:07 Pisces
- 08:07 – 09:31 Aries
- 09:31 – 11:21 Taurus
- 11:21 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:37 Leo
- 18:37 – 21:06 Virgo
- 21:06 – 23:36 Libra
- 23:36 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:02 next day Sagittarius
- 04:02 – 05:35 next day Capricorn
- 05:35 – 06:50 next day Aquarius
- 06:50 – 07:07 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