Washington panchang, 24 May 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 20:20 Moonrise 14:08 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 20:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam 16:42 – 18:31
- Durmuhurta 18:24 – 19:22
- Rahu Kalam 18:31 – 20:20
- 06:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:20 to 05:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:20 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:37 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:01
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 18:14
- Karana Balava until 06:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:37 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:14 – 19:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:24 – 19:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:31 – 20:20
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. 04:33 – 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 20:20 – 22:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:50 – 05:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:21 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:50 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 11:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:16 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:20 – 21:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:38 – 05:49 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 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:13 Taurus
- 07:13 – 09:30 Gemini
- 09:30 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 16:58 Virgo
- 16:58 – 19:29 Libra
- 19:29 – 21:53 Scorpio
- 21:53 – 23:54 Sagittarius
- 23:54 – 01:27 next day Capricorn
- 01:27 – 02:42 next day Aquarius
- 02:42 – 03:55 next day Pisces
- 03:55 – 05:19 next day Aries
- 05:19 – 05:49 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