Washington panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:30 Moonrise 08:27 Ashadha 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
05:57 to 20:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:57 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta 10:48 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:36
- 10:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:22 Moon enters Leo
- 15:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
20:30 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:30 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:58 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:58
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:52
- Karana Taitila until 10:06, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:22 Moon enters Leo
- 15:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:48 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:52 – 13:16 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:36
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. 04:41 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:30 – 22:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:22 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Char | 11:24 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 21:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:41 – 22:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:52 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:02 Gemini
- 06:02 – 08:32 Cancer
- 08:32 – 11:01 Leo
- 11:01 – 13:30 Virgo
- 13:30 – 16:00 Libra
- 16:00 – 18:25 Scorpio
- 18:25 – 20:26 Sagittarius
- 20:26 – 21:59 Capricorn
- 21:59 – 23:14 Aquarius
- 23:14 – 00:27 next day Pisces
- 00:27 – 01:51 next day Aries
- 01:51 – 03:41 next day Taurus
- 03:41 – 05:58 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