Washington panchang, 20 June 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 20:35 Moonrise 11:58 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
05:44 to 20:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:44 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 05:44 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:52
- 06:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:35 to 05:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:35 – 22:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:17
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 00:01 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:51 next day
- Karana Taitila until 06:17, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:44 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 11:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:51 – 01:01 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:01 – 05:44 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) 12:40 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:35 – 22:25
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:44 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:18 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:44 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:35 – 21:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:44 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:52 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:18 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:27 Taurus
- 05:27 – 07:44 Gemini
- 07:44 – 10:14 Cancer
- 10:14 – 12:43 Leo
- 12:43 – 15:12 Virgo
- 15:12 – 17:42 Libra
- 17:42 – 20:07 Scorpio
- 20:07 – 22:08 Sagittarius
- 22:08 – 23:41 Capricorn
- 23:41 – 00:56 next day Aquarius
- 00:56 – 02:09 next day Pisces
- 02:09 – 03:33 next day Aries
- 03:33 – 05:23 next day Taurus
- 05:23 – 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