Washington panchang, 26 March 2026
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 19:24 Moonrise 12:38 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
07:03 to 19:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:56
- 13:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
19:24 to 07:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:24 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 05:54 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 15:01
- Karana Balava until 13:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:19
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:01 – 17:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:56
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. 05:29 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:24 – 21:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:03 – 05:54 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:03 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:03 – 07:01 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:37 – 07:01 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:54 – 07:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:35 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:52 – 19:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:51 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:07 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:34 – 07:01 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
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:38 Aquarius
- 06:38 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 09:15 Aries
- 09:15 – 11:05 Taurus
- 11:05 – 13:22 Gemini
- 13:22 – 15:52 Cancer
- 15:52 – 18:22 Leo
- 18:22 – 20:50 Virgo
- 20:50 – 23:21 Libra
- 23:21 – 01:45 next day Scorpio
- 01:45 – 03:46 next day Sagittarius
- 03:46 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
- 05:19 – 06:34 next day Aquarius
- 06:34 – 07:01 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