Washington panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 02:05 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
06:02 to 20:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:02 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:02 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:36
- 13:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:07 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:43 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:54 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 17:05
- Karana Balava until 17:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:43 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:02 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 10:50 – 13:00
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 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:07 – 22:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 13:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:02 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:19 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:18 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:58 Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:22 Aries
- 06:22 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:29 Gemini
- 10:29 – 12:59 Cancer
- 12:59 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 17:57 Virgo
- 17:57 – 20:28 Libra
- 20:28 – 22:52 Scorpio
- 22:52 – 00:53 next day Sagittarius
- 00:53 – 02:26 next day Capricorn
- 02:26 – 03:41 next day Aquarius
- 03:41 – 04:54 next day Pisces
- 04:54 – 06:01 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