Washington panchang, 31 March 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 18:23 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
06:55 to 19:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:16
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:21 – 17:55
- 09:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:02 Moon enters Virgo
Night
19:29 to 06:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:20 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:47 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:20 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:28, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:02 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:20 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:55
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. 05:23 – 06:09
- 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 19:29 – 21:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:40 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:55 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:29 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:55 | Good |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:29 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:28 – 06:53 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
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:19 Aquarius
- 06:19 – 07:31 Pisces
- 07:31 – 08:56 Aries
- 08:56 – 10:45 Taurus
- 10:45 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 15:33 Cancer
- 15:33 – 18:02 Leo
- 18:02 – 20:30 Virgo
- 20:30 – 23:01 Libra
- 23:01 – 01:25 next day Scorpio
- 01:25 – 03:27 next day Sagittarius
- 03:27 – 04:59 next day Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:15 next day Aquarius
- 06:15 – 06:53 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