Washington panchang, 19 May 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 08:11 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
05:53 to 20:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 09:29 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:28
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:16 to 05:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:40 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:37 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 20:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:18
- Karana Vanija until 15:09, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:40 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:18 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:28
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:40 – 07:04 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. 04:36 – 05:14
- 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 20:16 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Char | 09:29 – 11:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:28 | Good |
| Rog | 18:28 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:16 – 21:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:28 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 07:33 Taurus
- 07:33 – 09:50 Gemini
- 09:50 – 12:20 Cancer
- 12:20 – 14:49 Leo
- 14:49 – 17:18 Virgo
- 17:18 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 22:13 Scorpio
- 22:13 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 01:47 next day Capricorn
- 01:47 – 03:02 next day Aquarius
- 03:02 – 04:15 next day Pisces
- 04:15 – 05:39 next day Aries
- 05:39 – 05:52 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