Washington panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 13:03 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
05:50 to 20:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:50 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:42
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
20:19 to 05:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:57
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:12
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:34 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 11:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:42
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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:19 – 22:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:39 – 05:50 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:57 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:50 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:16 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:19 – 21:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:30 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:27 Aries
- 05:27 – 07:17 Taurus
- 07:17 – 09:34 Gemini
- 09:34 – 12:04 Cancer
- 12:04 – 14:34 Leo
- 14:34 – 17:02 Virgo
- 17:02 – 19:33 Libra
- 19:33 – 21:57 Scorpio
- 21:57 – 23:58 Sagittarius
- 23:58 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 02:46 next day Aquarius
- 02:46 – 03:59 next day Pisces
- 03:59 – 05:23 next day Aries
- 05:23 – 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