Washington panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 11:42 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
06:21 to 19:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:21 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:44 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta 10:51 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:09
- 11:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
19:51 to 06:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 11:19
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:27 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:02
- Karana Vanija until 11:19, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shula
- 22:31 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:51 – 11:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:19 – 22:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:09
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:02 – 20:02
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. 04:57 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:51 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 11:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 11:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:27 – 06:20 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:27 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:21 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:44 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Char | 11:25 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:10 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:24 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:32 Gemini
- 11:32 – 14:02 Cancer
- 14:02 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 19:00 Virgo
- 19:00 – 21:31 Libra
- 21:31 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 01:56 next day Sagittarius
- 01:56 – 03:29 next day Capricorn
- 03:29 – 04:44 next day Aquarius
- 04:44 – 05:57 next day Pisces
- 05:57 – 06:20 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