Washington panchang, 9 April 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 02:20 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
06:41 to 19:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:41 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta 11:00 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 17:02
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 11:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:50 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:38 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 11:50
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 01:58 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 08:28
- Karana Bava until 11:50, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 11:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:00 – 11:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 17:02
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. 05:13 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:50
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:41 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:18 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Char | 11:32 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:38 – 21:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:01 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:43 Aquarius
- 05:43 – 06:56 Pisces
- 06:56 – 08:20 Aries
- 08:20 – 10:10 Taurus
- 10:10 – 12:27 Gemini
- 12:27 – 14:57 Cancer
- 14:57 – 17:26 Leo
- 17:26 – 19:55 Virgo
- 19:55 – 22:26 Libra
- 22:26 – 00:50 next day Scorpio
- 00:50 – 02:51 next day Sagittarius
- 02:51 – 04:24 next day Capricorn
- 04:24 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
- 05:39 – 06:40 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