Washington panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 20:29 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
06:52 to 19:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:05 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:59
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 10:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:31 to 06:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Moon enters Libra
- 23:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:12
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 04:38 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 10:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:58 Moon enters Libra
- 23:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:05 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:59
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. 05:21 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:47
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:27 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Char | 11:37 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:31 – 20:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:56 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:11 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:25 – 06:50 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
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:11 Aquarius
- 06:11 – 07:23 Pisces
- 07:23 – 08:48 Aries
- 08:48 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 17:54 Leo
- 17:54 – 20:23 Virgo
- 20:23 – 22:53 Libra
- 22:53 – 01:18 next day Scorpio
- 01:18 – 03:19 next day Sagittarius
- 03:19 – 04:51 next day Capricorn
- 04:51 – 06:07 next day Aquarius
- 06:07 – 06:50 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