Washington panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 18:19 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
06:13 to 19:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:48
- 10:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
19:57 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 14:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 11:21
- Karana Taitila until 10:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:21 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:48
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. 04:51 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:57 – 22:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 14:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:46 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:37 Pisces
- 05:37 – 07:02 Aries
- 07:02 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 13:39 Cancer
- 13:39 – 16:08 Leo
- 16:08 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 21:07 Libra
- 21:07 – 23:31 Scorpio
- 23:31 – 01:33 next day Sagittarius
- 01:33 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 04:21 next day Aquarius
- 04:21 – 05:33 next day Pisces
- 05:33 – 06:12 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