Washington panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 09:19 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
06:24 to 19:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 09:45 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 18:09
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:49 to 06:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:38
- Karana Balava until 15:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 18:09
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. 04:59 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 21:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:28 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:24 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:05 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Char | 09:45 – 11:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:26 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 18:09 | Good |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:25 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:22 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
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:23 Taurus
- 09:23 – 11:40 Gemini
- 11:40 – 14:10 Cancer
- 14:10 – 16:39 Leo
- 16:39 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:04 next day Sagittarius
- 02:04 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 04:52 next day Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:05 next day Pisces
- 06:05 – 06:22 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