Washington panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 08:18 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
06:25 to 19:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 11:26 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:08
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:48 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:45
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:41
- Karana Vanija until 08:19, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:08
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:01 – 05:25 next day
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. 05:00 – 05:43
- 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 19:48 – 21:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 16:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 16:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:38 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:38 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 11:26 | Good |
| Rog | 11:26 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:48 | Good |
| Char | 19:48 – 21:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:13 Pisces
- 06:13 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:27 Taurus
- 09:27 – 11:44 Gemini
- 11:44 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 19:12 Virgo
- 19:12 – 21:42 Libra
- 21:42 – 00:07 next day Scorpio
- 00:07 – 02:08 next day Sagittarius
- 02:08 – 03:41 next day Capricorn
- 03:41 – 04:56 next day Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:09 next day Pisces
- 06:09 – 06:24 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