Washington panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 19:26 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
06:53 to 19:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:37 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:46
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:30 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:11
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:49 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:51, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:49 – 08:25 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. 05:22 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:30 – 21:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:15 Aquarius
- 06:15 – 07:27 Pisces
- 07:27 – 08:52 Aries
- 08:52 – 10:41 Taurus
- 10:41 – 12:59 Gemini
- 12:59 – 15:29 Cancer
- 15:29 – 17:58 Leo
- 17:58 – 20:27 Virgo
- 20:27 – 22:57 Libra
- 22:57 – 01:22 next day Scorpio
- 01:22 – 03:23 next day Sagittarius
- 03:23 – 04:55 next day Capricorn
- 04:55 – 06:11 next day Aquarius
- 06:11 – 06:52 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