Washington panchang, 21 July 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 20:27 Moonrise 14:01 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
06:01 to 20:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 09:37 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 15:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:39
- 07:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:27 to 06:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:27 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:47
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 08:55
- Karana Vishti until 07:05, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:47 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 15:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:39
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 20:27 – 22:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:01 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:01 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:49 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Char | 09:37 – 11:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:26 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:39 | Good |
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 21:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:39 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:38 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:42 Gemini
- 05:42 – 08:12 Cancer
- 08:12 – 10:42 Leo
- 10:42 – 13:10 Virgo
- 13:10 – 15:41 Libra
- 15:41 – 18:05 Scorpio
- 18:05 – 20:06 Sagittarius
- 20:06 – 21:39 Capricorn
- 21:39 – 22:54 Aquarius
- 22:54 – 00:07 next day Pisces
- 00:07 – 01:31 next day Aries
- 01:31 – 03:21 next day Taurus
- 03:21 – 05:38 next day Gemini
- 05:38 – 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