Washington panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:17 Moonrise 10:42 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:52 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 11:16
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:24
- 09:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
20:17 to 05:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:17 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:55
- Nakshatra Pushya until 17:19 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:49
- Karana Kaulava until 09:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:24
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:13 – 14:10
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 – 05:13
- 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 20:17 – 22:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:52 – 17:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 17:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 17:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Char | 11:16 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:29 – 20:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:17 – 21:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:29 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:35 Aries
- 05:35 – 07:25 Taurus
- 07:25 – 09:42 Gemini
- 09:42 – 12:12 Cancer
- 12:12 – 14:41 Leo
- 14:41 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:06 next day Sagittarius
- 00:06 – 01:39 next day Capricorn
- 01:39 – 02:54 next day Aquarius
- 02:54 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:31 next day Aries
- 05:31 – 05:51 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