Washington panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 10:28 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
06:22 to 19:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:25 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:47
- 12:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:20 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:50 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:20
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:37
- Karana Taitila until 13:20, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:37 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:47
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. 04:58 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:50 – 21:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 12:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:20 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:05 Pisces
- 06:05 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:36 Gemini
- 11:36 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 16:35 Leo
- 16:35 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:34 Libra
- 21:34 – 23:59 Scorpio
- 23:59 – 02:00 next day Sagittarius
- 02:00 – 03:33 next day Capricorn
- 03:33 – 04:48 next day Aquarius
- 04:48 – 06:01 next day Pisces
- 06:01 – 06:21 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