Washington panchang, 25 April 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 14:04 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
06:18 to 19:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:30
- 08:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:34 Moon enters Leo
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
19:53 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:53 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:58
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 14:13
- Karana Kaulava until 08:58, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:34 Moon enters Leo
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:44 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 14:31 – 16:34
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. 04:55 – 05:37
- 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 19:53 – 21:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 06:17 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 08:58
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:24 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:53 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:05 – 02:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:23 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:41 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:53 Pisces
- 05:53 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:07 Taurus
- 09:07 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 13:54 Cancer
- 13:54 – 16:24 Leo
- 16:24 – 18:52 Virgo
- 18:52 – 21:23 Libra
- 21:23 – 23:47 Scorpio
- 23:47 – 01:48 next day Sagittarius
- 01:48 – 03:21 next day Capricorn
- 03:21 – 04:36 next day Aquarius
- 04:36 – 05:49 next day Pisces
- 05:49 – 06:17 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