Washington panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 06:14 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
06:29 to 19:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam 11:28 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:27 – 18:06
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:46 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:46 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:51
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:15
- Karana Naga until 07:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:06
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. 05:03 – 05:46
- 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 19:46 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 00:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:51 – 04:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:48 – 11:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:28 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:12 Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:24 Pisces
- 06:24 – 07:49 Aries
- 07:49 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 14:26 Cancer
- 14:26 – 16:55 Leo
- 16:55 – 19:24 Virgo
- 19:24 – 21:54 Libra
- 21:54 – 00:19 next day Scorpio
- 00:19 – 02:20 next day Sagittarius
- 02:20 – 03:52 next day Capricorn
- 03:52 – 05:08 next day Aquarius
- 05:08 – 06:20 next day Pisces
- 06:20 – 06:28 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