Washington panchang, 17 June 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 20:34 Moonrise 08:20 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 15:00
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 12:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:34 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:34 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:09
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:02 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:21
- Karana Gara until 12:09, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 12:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:21 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 15:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:44 – 09:29 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 02:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:43 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 21:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:43 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:38 Taurus
- 05:38 – 07:56 Gemini
- 07:56 – 10:26 Cancer
- 10:26 – 12:55 Leo
- 12:55 – 15:24 Virgo
- 15:24 – 17:54 Libra
- 17:54 – 20:19 Scorpio
- 20:19 – 22:20 Sagittarius
- 22:20 – 23:53 Capricorn
- 23:53 – 01:08 next day Aquarius
- 01:08 – 02:21 next day Pisces
- 02:21 – 03:45 next day Aries
- 03:45 – 05:35 next day Taurus
- 05:35 – 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