Washington panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 23:38 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
06:47 to 19:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 16:22 – 17:58
- Durmuhurta 17:52 – 18:43
- Rahu Kalam 17:58 – 19:34
- 07:58 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 15:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:34 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:41 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 05:55 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:33, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:58 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 15:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:52 – 18:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:58 – 19:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:55 – 06:46 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:47 – 14:38
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:38 – 06:46 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. 05:17 – 06:02
- 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 19:34 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:47 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:23 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:34 – 20:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:22 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:12 Pisces
- 07:12 – 08:36 Aries
- 08:36 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:43 Gemini
- 12:43 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:42 Leo
- 17:42 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 22:41 Libra
- 22:41 – 01:06 next day Scorpio
- 01:06 – 03:07 next day Sagittarius
- 03:07 – 04:40 next day Capricorn
- 04:40 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
- 05:55 – 06:46 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