Washington panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 04:06 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
06:37 to 19:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:25 – 18:03
- Durmuhurta 17:56 – 18:48
- Rahu Kalam 18:03 – 19:41
- 08:45 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
19:41 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:47
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:33 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:45
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:45 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 18:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:56 – 18:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:03 – 19:41
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. 05:09 – 05:53
- 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 19:41 – 21:52
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:15 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:31 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:13 – 06:35 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
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:31 Aquarius
- 05:31 – 06:44 Pisces
- 06:44 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 09:58 Taurus
- 09:58 – 12:15 Gemini
- 12:15 – 14:45 Cancer
- 14:45 – 17:15 Leo
- 17:15 – 19:43 Virgo
- 19:43 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:38 next day Scorpio
- 00:38 – 02:39 next day Sagittarius
- 02:39 – 04:12 next day Capricorn
- 04:12 – 05:28 next day Aquarius
- 05:28 – 06:35 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