Washington panchang, 29 March 2026
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 16:12 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
06:58 to 19:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 16:20 – 17:54
- Durmuhurta 17:47 – 18:37
- Rahu Kalam 17:54 – 19:27
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:27 to 06:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 21:40
- Nakshatra Magha until 05:18 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:49
- Karana Bava until 09:55, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:49 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:47 – 18:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:54 – 19:27
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. 05:26 – 06:12
- 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 19:27 – 21:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 10:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:05 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 06:56 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
- 06:58 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 07:39 Pisces
- 07:39 – 09:03 Aries
- 09:03 – 10:53 Taurus
- 10:53 – 13:10 Gemini
- 13:10 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 18:10 Leo
- 18:10 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 23:09 Libra
- 23:09 – 01:33 next day Scorpio
- 01:33 – 03:35 next day Sagittarius
- 03:35 – 05:07 next day Capricorn
- 05:07 – 06:23 next day Aquarius
- 06:23 – 06:56 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