Washington panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 21:32 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
06:50 to 19:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam 11:36 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:22 – 17:57
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 11:53 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:32 to 06:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:39 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 04:47 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:53, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 11:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 05:59 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. 05:20 – 06:05
- 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 19:32 – 21:47
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:50 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:32 – 20:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:10 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:35 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 06:49 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
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:07 Aquarius
- 06:07 – 07:19 Pisces
- 07:19 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 10:33 Taurus
- 10:33 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 15:21 Cancer
- 15:21 – 17:50 Leo
- 17:50 – 20:19 Virgo
- 20:19 – 22:49 Libra
- 22:49 – 01:14 next day Scorpio
- 01:14 – 03:15 next day Sagittarius
- 03:15 – 04:48 next day Capricorn
- 04:48 – 06:03 next day Aquarius
- 06:03 – 06:49 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