Washington panchang, 10 May 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 02:32 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
06:01 to 20:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam 16:36 – 18:22
- Durmuhurta 18:15 – 19:11
- Rahu Kalam 18:22 – 20:08
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:39 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:08 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:55 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:20 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 16:39
- Karana Taitila until 17:52, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:39 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:15 – 19:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:22 – 20:08
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. 04:42 – 05:21
- 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 20:08 – 22:06
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:33 – 11:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:18 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:32 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:54 Pisces
- 04:54 – 06:18 Aries
- 06:18 – 08:08 Taurus
- 08:08 – 10:25 Gemini
- 10:25 – 12:55 Cancer
- 12:55 – 15:25 Leo
- 15:25 – 17:53 Virgo
- 17:53 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:48 Scorpio
- 22:48 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 02:22 next day Capricorn
- 02:22 – 03:37 next day Aquarius
- 03:37 – 04:50 next day Pisces
- 04:50 – 06:00 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