Washington panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 21:27 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
06:10 to 20:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:10 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:32
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:00 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:20
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:14
- Karana Kaulava until 15:20, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:32
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. 04:48 – 05:29
- 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 20:00 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:10 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 18:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:00 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:20 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:25 Pisces
- 05:25 – 06:50 Aries
- 06:50 – 08:39 Taurus
- 08:39 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 15:56 Leo
- 15:56 – 18:25 Virgo
- 18:25 – 20:55 Libra
- 20:55 – 23:20 Scorpio
- 23:20 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:22 next day Pisces
- 05:22 – 06:09 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