Washington panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 20:18 Moonrise 11:54 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
05:51 to 20:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 11:16 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:31
- Yamaganda 16:41 – 18:30
- 08:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:38 Moon enters Leo
- 19:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:34 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:18 to 05:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:18 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:34
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 16:38 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:43
- Karana Gara until 08:09, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:38 Moon enters Leo
- 19:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:34 – 07:10 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:43 – 00:19 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 16:38
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:38 – 05:50 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. 04:34 – 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 20:18 – 22:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 11:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:16 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Char | 18:30 – 20:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:18 – 21:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:38 Gemini
- 09:38 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:37 Leo
- 14:37 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 19:37 Libra
- 19:37 – 22:01 Scorpio
- 22:01 – 00:02 next day Sagittarius
- 00:02 – 01:35 next day Capricorn
- 01:35 – 02:50 next day Aquarius
- 02:50 – 04:03 next day Pisces
- 04:03 – 05:27 next day Aries
- 05:27 – 05:50 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