Washington panchang, 24 March 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 19:22 Moonrise 10:26 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
07:06 to 19:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:22
- Yamaganda 10:10 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:50
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:22 to 07:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:22 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:47 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 09:35 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:32
- Karana Gara until 17:27, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:47 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:50
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. 05:32 – 06:19
- 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 19:22 – 21:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:06 – 09:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:20 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:06 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Char | 10:10 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:50 | Good |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:09 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:37 – 07:04 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
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 07:59 Pisces
- 07:59 – 09:23 Aries
- 09:23 – 11:13 Taurus
- 11:13 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 16:00 Cancer
- 16:00 – 18:29 Leo
- 18:29 – 20:58 Virgo
- 20:58 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:53 next day Scorpio
- 01:53 – 03:54 next day Sagittarius
- 03:54 – 05:27 next day Capricorn
- 05:27 – 06:42 next day Aquarius
- 06:42 – 07:04 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