Washington panchang, 7 April 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 00:37 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
06:44 to 19:36- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 09:57 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:23 – 17:59
- 06:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 07:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:36 to 06:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:05
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 20:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:46
- Karana Taitila until 07:05, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 07:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 17:59
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. 05:15 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:24 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:21 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Char | 09:57 – 11:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:34 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:59 | Good |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:36 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:09 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:33 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:19 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:51 Aquarius
- 05:51 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:18 Taurus
- 10:18 – 12:35 Gemini
- 12:35 – 15:05 Cancer
- 15:05 – 17:34 Leo
- 17:34 – 20:03 Virgo
- 20:03 – 22:33 Libra
- 22:33 – 00:58 next day Scorpio
- 00:58 – 02:59 next day Sagittarius
- 02:59 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 05:47 next day Aquarius
- 05:47 – 06:43 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