Washington panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 01:34 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
06:03 to 20:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam 11:19 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta 13:32 – 14:29
- Yamaganda 16:35 – 18:20
- 11:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
20:06 to 06:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:33 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 17:00
- Karana Vishti until 15:46, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:32 – 14:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:20
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. 04:43 – 05:23
- 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 20:06 – 22:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 11:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:50 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:03 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 11:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:19 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Char | 18:20 – 20:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:02 Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:26 Aries
- 06:26 – 08:16 Taurus
- 08:16 – 10:33 Gemini
- 10:33 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 18:01 Virgo
- 18:01 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 00:57 next day Sagittarius
- 00:57 – 02:30 next day Capricorn
- 02:30 – 03:45 next day Aquarius
- 03:45 – 04:58 next day Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:02 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