Washington panchang, 19 April 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 07:28 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
06:27 to 19:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:27 – 18:07
- Durmuhurta 18:01 – 18:54
- Rahu Kalam 18:07 – 19:47
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
19:47 to 06:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:58
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 10:32
- Karana Taitila until 11:38, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:01 – 18:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:07 – 19:47
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. 05:01 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 21:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:05 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:47 – 11:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:27 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:25 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:04 Aquarius
- 05:04 – 06:17 Pisces
- 06:17 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 14:18 Cancer
- 14:18 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 19:16 Virgo
- 19:16 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:12 next day Sagittarius
- 02:12 – 03:45 next day Capricorn
- 03:45 – 05:00 next day Aquarius
- 05:00 – 06:13 next day Pisces
- 06:13 – 06:25 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