Washington panchang, 18 June 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 20:34 Moonrise 09:37 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:43 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 11:18
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:36
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:34 to 05:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:34 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:37 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:29
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:37 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:05
- Karana Vishti until 09:29, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:37 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:44 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 11:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:23 – 06:35 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 – 13:39
- 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 09:29 – 05:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Char | 11:18 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 21:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:43 – 22:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:52 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:18 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:35 Taurus
- 05:35 – 07:52 Gemini
- 07:52 – 10:22 Cancer
- 10:22 – 12:51 Leo
- 12:51 – 15:20 Virgo
- 15:20 – 17:50 Libra
- 17:50 – 20:15 Scorpio
- 20:15 – 22:16 Sagittarius
- 22:16 – 23:49 Capricorn
- 23:49 – 01:04 next day Aquarius
- 01:04 – 02:17 next day Pisces
- 02:17 – 03:41 next day Aries
- 03:41 – 05:31 next day Taurus
- 05:31 – 05:44 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