Washington panchang, 7 May 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 00:58 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
06:04 to 20:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:04 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam 09:34 – 11:19
- Durmuhurta 10:44 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:17
- 09:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:56 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
20:05 to 06:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:29
- Karana Gara until 13:50, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:56 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:44 – 11:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:17
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. 04:44 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:05 – 22:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:15 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:04 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:49 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:34 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Char | 11:19 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 20:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:20 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:19 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:06 Pisces
- 05:06 – 06:30 Aries
- 06:30 – 08:20 Taurus
- 08:20 – 10:37 Gemini
- 10:37 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 15:36 Leo
- 15:36 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:35 Libra
- 20:35 – 23:00 Scorpio
- 23:00 – 01:01 next day Sagittarius
- 01:01 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 03:49 next day Aquarius
- 03:49 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:03 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