Washington panchang, 10 April 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 03:01 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
06:40 to 19:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam 11:32 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:24 – 18:01
- 08:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:00 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:39 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:10 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 09:00
- Karana Kaulava until 13:46, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:00 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 18:01
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. 05:11 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:10 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:17 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:32 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:08 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:16 – 06:38 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:39 Aquarius
- 05:39 – 06:52 Pisces
- 06:52 – 08:16 Aries
- 08:16 – 10:06 Taurus
- 10:06 – 12:23 Gemini
- 12:23 – 14:53 Cancer
- 14:53 – 17:23 Leo
- 17:23 – 19:51 Virgo
- 19:51 – 22:22 Libra
- 22:22 – 00:46 next day Scorpio
- 00:46 – 02:47 next day Sagittarius
- 02:47 – 04:20 next day Capricorn
- 04:20 – 05:35 next day Aquarius
- 05:35 – 06:38 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