Washington panchang, 30 March 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:28 Moonrise 17:18 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
06:56 to 19:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:58
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 09:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:28 to 06:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:28 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:11 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:26
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 05:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 07:21
- Karana Kaulava until 09:30, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 09:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:11 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:21 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:48 – 00:54 next day
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. 05:25 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:28 – 21:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:28 | Good |
| Char | 19:28 – 20:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:29 – 06:55 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:23 Aquarius
- 06:23 – 07:35 Pisces
- 07:35 – 08:59 Aries
- 08:59 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 13:07 Gemini
- 13:07 – 15:36 Cancer
- 15:36 – 18:06 Leo
- 18:06 – 20:34 Virgo
- 20:34 – 23:05 Libra
- 23:05 – 01:29 next day Scorpio
- 01:29 – 03:31 next day Sagittarius
- 03:31 – 05:03 next day Capricorn
- 05:03 – 06:19 next day Aquarius
- 06:19 – 06:55 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