Washington panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 06:47 Vaishakha 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
06:28 to 19:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:27
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:47 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 14:26
- Karana Balava until 15:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:27
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. 05:02 – 05:45
- 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 19:47 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:27 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 18:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:27 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:07 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:08 Aquarius
- 05:08 – 06:20 Pisces
- 06:20 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 19:20 Virgo
- 19:20 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 00:15 next day Scorpio
- 00:15 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 03:49 next day Capricorn
- 03:49 – 05:04 next day Aquarius
- 05:04 – 06:17 next day Pisces
- 06:17 – 06:27 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