Washington panchang, 28 March 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 19:26 Moonrise 15:02 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
07:00 to 19:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:06 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:20
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:26 to 06:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:26 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:08 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 22:16
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 05:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:36
- Karana Vanija until 10:43, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:08 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:43 – 22:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:20
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. 05:27 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:26 – 21:45
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:06 | Good |
| Rog | 10:06 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:53 – 19:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:26 – 20:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:53 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:39 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:05 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:32 – 06:58 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
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:30 Aquarius
- 06:30 – 07:43 Pisces
- 07:43 – 09:07 Aries
- 09:07 – 10:57 Taurus
- 10:57 – 13:14 Gemini
- 13:14 – 15:44 Cancer
- 15:44 – 18:14 Leo
- 18:14 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 23:13 Libra
- 23:13 – 01:37 next day Scorpio
- 01:37 – 03:38 next day Sagittarius
- 03:38 – 05:11 next day Capricorn
- 05:11 – 06:26 next day Aquarius
- 06:26 – 06:58 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