Washington panchang, 11 May 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 02:57 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
06:00 to 20:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 11:18 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:19
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:45 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:09 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:22 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 15:34
- Karana Vanija until 17:45, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:34 – 13:49 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:45 – 05:22 next day
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. 04:41 – 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 20:09 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:32 – 11:18 | Good |
| Rog | 11:18 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 20:09 | Good |
| Char | 20:09 – 21:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:18 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 04:50 Pisces
- 04:50 – 06:14 Aries
- 06:14 – 08:04 Taurus
- 08:04 – 10:21 Gemini
- 10:21 – 12:51 Cancer
- 12:51 – 15:21 Leo
- 15:21 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 20:20 Libra
- 20:20 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:45 next day Sagittarius
- 00:45 – 02:18 next day Capricorn
- 02:18 – 03:33 next day Aquarius
- 03:33 – 04:46 next day Pisces
- 04:46 – 05:59 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