Washington panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 12:54 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
06:20 to 19:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam 11:24 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:29 – 18:11
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
19:52 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:52 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:52
- Nakshatra Pushya until 10:44 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 15:54
- Karana Bava until 09:52, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 09:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:27
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:54 – 18:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:11
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 10:44
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:44 – 06:18 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. 04:56 – 05:38
- 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 19:52 – 21:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:44 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:43 – 11:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:24 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:24 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:42 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:18 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 07:21 Aries
- 07:21 – 09:11 Taurus
- 09:11 – 11:28 Gemini
- 11:28 – 13:58 Cancer
- 13:58 – 16:28 Leo
- 16:28 – 18:56 Virgo
- 18:56 – 21:27 Libra
- 21:27 – 23:51 Scorpio
- 23:51 – 01:52 next day Sagittarius
- 01:52 – 03:25 next day Capricorn
- 03:25 – 04:40 next day Aquarius
- 04:40 – 05:53 next day Pisces
- 05:53 – 06:18 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