Washington panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 05:46 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
06:31 to 19:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:31 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam 09:49 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 10:55 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:06
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 10:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:45 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:32 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 10:41
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:32 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:51
- Karana Shakuni until 10:41, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 10:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:32 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:07 – 21:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:55 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:51 – 23:03
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. 05:05 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 02:32 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:41 – 06:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:32 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:31 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:10 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:49 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:05 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:29 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
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:16 Aquarius
- 05:16 – 06:28 Pisces
- 06:28 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 16:59 Leo
- 16:59 – 19:28 Virgo
- 19:28 – 21:58 Libra
- 21:58 – 00:23 next day Scorpio
- 00:23 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 03:56 next day Capricorn
- 03:56 – 05:12 next day Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:24 next day Pisces
- 06:24 – 06:29 next day Aries
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