Washington panchang, 25 March 2026
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 19:23 Moonrise 11:28 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
07:04 to 19:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:46
- 08:03 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
19:23 to 07:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:23 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:19 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:39
- Karana Vishti until 15:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:03 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:46
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. 05:31 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:23 – 21:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:04 – 08:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:49 – 07:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:23 – 20:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:03 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
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:42 Aquarius
- 06:42 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 09:19 Aries
- 09:19 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:26 Gemini
- 13:26 – 15:56 Cancer
- 15:56 – 18:25 Leo
- 18:25 – 20:54 Virgo
- 20:54 – 23:25 Libra
- 23:25 – 01:49 next day Scorpio
- 01:49 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:23 next day Capricorn
- 05:23 – 06:38 next day Aquarius
- 06:38 – 07:03 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