Washington panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 20:03 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
06:06 to 20:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 09:35 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:49
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:18
- 09:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
20:03 to 06:05 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:03 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:21
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:23 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 14:46
- Karana Bava until 09:08, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:18
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. 04:46 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:03 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:51 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Char | 09:35 – 11:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:20 – 13:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:18 | Good |
| Rog | 18:18 – 20:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:19 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:14 Pisces
- 05:14 – 06:38 Aries
- 06:38 – 08:28 Taurus
- 08:28 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:44 Leo
- 15:44 – 18:13 Virgo
- 18:13 – 20:43 Libra
- 20:43 – 23:08 Scorpio
- 23:08 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 02:42 next day Capricorn
- 02:42 – 03:57 next day Aquarius
- 03:57 – 05:10 next day Pisces
- 05:10 – 06:05 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