Washington panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 23:24 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
06:07 to 20:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:15
- 06:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:02 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 19:54
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:49
- Karana Vanija until 06:42, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:15
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 – 05:27
- 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 20:02 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 20:02 | Good |
| Char | 20:02 – 21:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:06 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:18 Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:42 Aries
- 06:42 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:49 Gemini
- 10:49 – 13:19 Cancer
- 13:19 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 18:17 Virgo
- 18:17 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 23:12 Scorpio
- 23:12 – 01:13 next day Sagittarius
- 01:13 – 02:46 next day Capricorn
- 02:46 – 04:01 next day Aquarius
- 04:01 – 05:14 next day Pisces
- 05:14 – 06:06 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