Washington panchang, 23 July 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 20:26 Moonrise 16:06 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
06:02 to 20:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:02 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta 10:50 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:33
- 09:31 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
20:26 to 06:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:26 – 22:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:43 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 23:43
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 09:50
- Karana Taitila until 10:36, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:31 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:50 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:33
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. 04:46 – 05:24
- 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 20:26 – 22:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 06:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:02 – 23:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:12 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:02 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Char | 11:26 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 21:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:38 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:39 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:34 Gemini
- 05:34 – 08:04 Cancer
- 08:04 – 10:34 Leo
- 10:34 – 13:02 Virgo
- 13:02 – 15:33 Libra
- 15:33 – 17:57 Scorpio
- 17:57 – 19:58 Sagittarius
- 19:58 – 21:31 Capricorn
- 21:31 – 22:46 Aquarius
- 22:46 – 23:59 Pisces
- 23:59 – 01:23 next day Aries
- 01:23 – 03:13 next day Taurus
- 03:13 – 05:30 next day Gemini
- 05:30 – 06:03 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