Washington panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:28 Moonrise 12:57 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
06:00 to 20:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 11:25 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Durmuhurta 13:43 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:34
- 06:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:28 to 06:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:28 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:33
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 09:07
- Karana Gara until 06:11, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:24 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:43 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:34
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:39 – 06:01 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. 04:44 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:28 – 22:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 09:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:37 – 11:25 | Good |
| Rog | 11:25 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 21:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:39 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:01 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:46 Gemini
- 05:46 – 08:16 Cancer
- 08:16 – 10:45 Leo
- 10:45 – 13:14 Virgo
- 13:14 – 15:45 Libra
- 15:45 – 18:09 Scorpio
- 18:09 – 20:10 Sagittarius
- 20:10 – 21:43 Capricorn
- 21:43 – 22:58 Aquarius
- 22:58 – 00:11 next day Pisces
- 00:11 – 01:35 next day Aries
- 01:35 – 03:25 next day Taurus
- 03:25 – 05:42 next day Gemini
- 05:42 – 06:01 next day Cancer
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