Washington panchang, 4 April 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 22:36 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
06:49 to 19:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:49 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:22
- 12:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 13:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:33 to 06:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:13 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 02:30 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 05:13 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:32, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 13:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:13 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
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. 05:18 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:49 – 12:05
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:49 – 12:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:30 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:49 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:24 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:33 – 20:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:10 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:59 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:23 – 06:47 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
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:03 Aquarius
- 06:03 – 07:16 Pisces
- 07:16 – 08:40 Aries
- 08:40 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:47 Gemini
- 12:47 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 17:46 Leo
- 17:46 – 20:15 Virgo
- 20:15 – 22:45 Libra
- 22:45 – 01:10 next day Scorpio
- 01:10 – 03:11 next day Sagittarius
- 03:11 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 05:59 next day Aquarius
- 05:59 – 06:47 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