Washington panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 22:28 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
06:09 to 20:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam 16:33 – 18:17
- Durmuhurta 18:10 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam 18:17 – 20:01
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:01 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 00:28 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 12:58
- Karana Gara until 17:32, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:58 – 01:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:10 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:17 – 20:01
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 00:28 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:28 – 06:07 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. 04:47 – 05:28
- 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 20:01 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:37 – 11:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:21 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:07 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
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:22 Pisces
- 05:22 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:53 Gemini
- 10:53 – 13:23 Cancer
- 13:23 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 18:21 Virgo
- 18:21 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 23:16 Scorpio
- 23:16 – 01:17 next day Sagittarius
- 01:17 – 02:50 next day Capricorn
- 02:50 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 05:18 next day Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:07 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