Washington panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:17 Moonrise 09:26 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
05:52 to 20:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:52
- 12:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
20:17 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:17 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:28 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 18:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 01:28 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:12, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:28 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:52
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. 04:35 – 05:14
- 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 20:17 – 22:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:42 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:29 – 20:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:39 Aries
- 05:39 – 07:29 Taurus
- 07:29 – 09:46 Gemini
- 09:46 – 12:16 Cancer
- 12:16 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 17:14 Virgo
- 17:14 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:10 next day Sagittarius
- 00:10 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:11 next day Pisces
- 04:11 – 05:35 next day Aries
- 05:35 – 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