Washington panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:14 Moonrise 06:05 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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 20:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam 16:39 – 18:27
- Durmuhurta 18:19 – 19:17
- Rahu Kalam 18:27 – 20:14
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
20:14 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:14 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:11
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:02 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:29
- Karana Bava until 12:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:19 – 19:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:27 – 20:14
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. 04:37 – 05:16
- 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 20:14 – 22:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 11:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:41 – 05:54 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 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:51 Aries
- 05:51 – 07:40 Taurus
- 07:40 – 09:58 Gemini
- 09:58 – 12:28 Cancer
- 12:28 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 17:26 Virgo
- 17:26 – 19:56 Libra
- 19:56 – 22:21 Scorpio
- 22:21 – 00:22 next day Sagittarius
- 00:22 – 01:55 next day Capricorn
- 01:55 – 03:10 next day Aquarius
- 03:10 – 04:23 next day Pisces
- 04:23 – 05:47 next day Aries
- 05:47 – 05:54 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