Washington panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 20:25 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
06:11 to 19:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam 11:22 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:32 – 18:16
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
19:59 to 06:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 13:23
- Nakshatra Swati until 19:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:43
- Karana Bava until 13:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:43 – 12:14 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:16
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. 04:49 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:59 – 22:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:23 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:38 – 11:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:22 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:21 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:29 Pisces
- 05:29 – 06:54 Aries
- 06:54 – 08:43 Taurus
- 08:43 – 11:01 Gemini
- 11:01 – 13:31 Cancer
- 13:31 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 18:29 Virgo
- 18:29 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 23:24 Scorpio
- 23:24 – 01:25 next day Sagittarius
- 01:25 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:13 next day Aquarius
- 04:13 – 05:25 next day Pisces
- 05:25 – 06:10 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