Washington panchang, 26 April 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 15:10 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
06:17 to 19:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:06 – 14:48
- Gulika Kalam 16:30 – 18:12
- Durmuhurta 18:05 – 19:00
- Rahu Kalam 18:12 – 19:54
- 08:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
19:54 to 06:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:54 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:37
- Nakshatra Magha until 10:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:57
- Karana Gara until 08:37, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:05 – 19:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:12 – 19:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:38 – 08:46 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. 04:54 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:54 – 21:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 10:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:41 – 11:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:24 – 13:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:06 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:40 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:03 Taurus
- 09:03 – 11:20 Gemini
- 11:20 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 16:20 Leo
- 16:20 – 18:48 Virgo
- 18:48 – 21:19 Libra
- 21:19 – 23:43 Scorpio
- 23:43 – 01:44 next day Sagittarius
- 01:44 – 03:17 next day Capricorn
- 03:17 – 04:32 next day Aquarius
- 04:32 – 05:45 next day Pisces
- 05:45 – 06:16 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