Washington panchang, 16 June 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 20:34 Moonrise 07:01 Jyeshtha 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
05:43 to 20:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:42
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:04 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:34 to 05:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:34 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:22
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 15:04
- Karana Kaulava until 15:22, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:04 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 11:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:32 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 03:36 – 05:28 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. 04:30 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:34 – 22:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:22 – 05:43 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:07 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:34 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 11:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:17 – 13:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:08 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:42 | Good |
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 21:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:42 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:09 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:17 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:42 Taurus
- 05:42 – 08:00 Gemini
- 08:00 – 10:30 Cancer
- 10:30 – 12:59 Leo
- 12:59 – 15:28 Virgo
- 15:28 – 17:58 Libra
- 17:58 – 20:23 Scorpio
- 20:23 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 23:57 Capricorn
- 23:57 – 01:12 next day Aquarius
- 01:12 – 02:25 next day Pisces
- 02:25 – 03:49 next day Aries
- 03:49 – 05:38 next day Taurus
- 05:38 – 05:43 next day Gemini
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