Washington panchang, 30 April 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 19:22 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
06:12 to 19:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:39 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta 10:47 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:13
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
19:58 to 06:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:43
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 11:25
- Karana Vanija until 11:43, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:47 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:13
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. 04:50 – 05:31
- 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 19:58 – 22:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 16:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:43 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:39 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Char | 11:22 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:15 – 19:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:15 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:33 Pisces
- 05:33 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 08:47 Taurus
- 08:47 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 13:35 Cancer
- 13:35 – 16:04 Leo
- 16:04 – 18:33 Virgo
- 18:33 – 21:03 Libra
- 21:03 – 23:28 Scorpio
- 23:28 – 01:29 next day Sagittarius
- 01:29 – 03:01 next day Capricorn
- 03:01 – 04:17 next day Aquarius
- 04:17 – 05:29 next day Pisces
- 05:29 – 06:11 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