Washington panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 01:32 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
06:43 to 19:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:47
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 09:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:37 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 09:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 07:40
- Karana Vanija until 09:32, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 09:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:40 – 20:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
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. 05:14 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:37 – 21:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 23:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:32 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:41 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:47 Aquarius
- 05:47 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:31 Gemini
- 12:31 – 15:01 Cancer
- 15:01 – 17:30 Leo
- 17:30 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 22:30 Libra
- 22:30 – 00:54 next day Scorpio
- 00:54 – 02:55 next day Sagittarius
- 02:55 – 04:28 next day Capricorn
- 04:28 – 05:43 next day Aquarius
- 05:43 – 06:41 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