Washington panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 04:32 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
06:35 to 19:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:13 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:04
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:42 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 15:39
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:36 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 07:46
- Karana Balava until 15:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:04
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:39 – 17:42
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. 05:08 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:42 – 21:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:13 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:42 | Good |
| Char | 19:42 – 21:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:29 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:12 – 06:34 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:28 Aquarius
- 05:28 – 06:40 Pisces
- 06:40 – 08:04 Aries
- 08:04 – 09:54 Taurus
- 09:54 – 12:11 Gemini
- 12:11 – 14:41 Cancer
- 14:41 – 17:11 Leo
- 17:11 – 19:39 Virgo
- 19:39 – 22:10 Libra
- 22:10 – 00:34 next day Scorpio
- 00:34 – 02:36 next day Sagittarius
- 02:36 – 04:08 next day Capricorn
- 04:08 – 05:24 next day Aquarius
- 05:24 – 06:34 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