Washington panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 19:35 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
06:46 to 19:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 09:58
- Yamaganda 11:34 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:36
- Durmuhurta 13:36 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 17:01
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:35 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:05 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:46 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 17:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:36 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 17:01
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. 05:16 – 06:01
- 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 19:35 – 21:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 17:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:22 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:35 | Good |
| Char | 19:35 – 20:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:33 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:20 – 06:44 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:55 Aquarius
- 05:55 – 07:08 Pisces
- 07:08 – 08:32 Aries
- 08:32 – 10:22 Taurus
- 10:22 – 12:39 Gemini
- 12:39 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 17:38 Leo
- 17:38 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 01:02 next day Scorpio
- 01:02 – 03:03 next day Sagittarius
- 03:03 – 04:36 next day Capricorn
- 04:36 – 05:51 next day Aquarius
- 05:51 – 06:44 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