Washington panchang, 13 May 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 03:45 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
05:58 to 20:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:18 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:51
- 11:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:10 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:51 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:47 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 11:24
- Karana Kaulava until 15:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:51
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:47 – 05:57 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. 04:40 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:10 – 22:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 01:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:18 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:24 – 20:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:42 Pisces
- 04:42 – 06:06 Aries
- 06:06 – 07:56 Taurus
- 07:56 – 10:14 Gemini
- 10:14 – 12:43 Cancer
- 12:43 – 15:13 Leo
- 15:13 – 17:41 Virgo
- 17:41 – 20:12 Libra
- 20:12 – 22:36 Scorpio
- 22:36 – 00:38 next day Sagittarius
- 00:38 – 02:10 next day Capricorn
- 02:10 – 03:26 next day Aquarius
- 03:26 – 04:38 next day Pisces
- 04:38 – 05:57 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