Washington panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 05:18 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
05:55 to 20:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:55 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:30 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:39
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
20:13 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:01
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 20:45
- Karana Naga until 16:01, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:39
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 23:09
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. 04:38 – 05:17
- 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 20:13 – 22:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:02 – 05:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:30 | Good |
| Rog | 09:30 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:13 – 21:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 23:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:17 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:55 Aries
- 05:55 – 07:44 Taurus
- 07:44 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:32 Cancer
- 12:32 – 15:01 Leo
- 15:01 – 17:30 Virgo
- 17:30 – 20:00 Libra
- 20:00 – 22:25 Scorpio
- 22:25 – 00:26 next day Sagittarius
- 00:26 – 01:58 next day Capricorn
- 01:58 – 03:14 next day Aquarius
- 03:14 – 04:26 next day Pisces
- 04:26 – 05:51 next day Aries
- 05:51 – 05:55 next day Taurus
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