Washington panchang, 11 April 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 03:36 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
06:38 to 19:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 07:30 – 08:22
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:24
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 15:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:08 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:40 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 15:08
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:44 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 09:09
- Karana Gara until 15:08, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 15:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:30 – 08:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:24
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. 05:10 – 05:54
- 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 19:40 – 21:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 05:44 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 15:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:31 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 18:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:02 – 19:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:40 – 21:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:35 Aquarius
- 05:35 – 06:48 Pisces
- 06:48 – 08:12 Aries
- 08:12 – 10:02 Taurus
- 10:02 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 14:49 Cancer
- 14:49 – 17:19 Leo
- 17:19 – 19:47 Virgo
- 19:47 – 22:18 Libra
- 22:18 – 00:42 next day Scorpio
- 00:42 – 02:43 next day Sagittarius
- 02:43 – 04:16 next day Capricorn
- 04:16 – 05:31 next day Aquarius
- 05:31 – 06:37 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