Washington panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 07:03 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
05:54 to 20:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 11:17 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:23
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:15 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 12:17
- Karana Kaulava until 08:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:23
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 – 05:15
- 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 20:15 – 22:10
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:54 – 23:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 23:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:11 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 11:17 | Good |
| Rog | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 20:15 | Good |
| Char | 20:15 – 21:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:47 Aries
- 05:47 – 07:36 Taurus
- 07:36 – 09:54 Gemini
- 09:54 – 12:24 Cancer
- 12:24 – 14:53 Leo
- 14:53 – 17:22 Virgo
- 17:22 – 19:52 Libra
- 19:52 – 22:17 Scorpio
- 22:17 – 00:18 next day Sagittarius
- 00:18 – 01:51 next day Capricorn
- 01:51 – 03:06 next day Aquarius
- 03:06 – 04:19 next day Pisces
- 04:19 – 05:43 next day Aries
- 05:43 – 05:53 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