Washington panchang, 28 July 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 20:10 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
06:07 to 20:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 09:40 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 15:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:34
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
20:21 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 14:03
- Karana Vanija until 08:49, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Priti
- 21:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 11:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 15:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:34
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:07 – 06:07 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. 04:49 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:21 – 22:19
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:07 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Char | 09:40 – 11:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:27 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:34 | Good |
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:21 – 21:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:35 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:15 Gemini
- 05:15 – 07:45 Cancer
- 07:45 – 10:14 Leo
- 10:14 – 12:43 Virgo
- 12:43 – 15:13 Libra
- 15:13 – 17:38 Scorpio
- 17:38 – 19:39 Sagittarius
- 19:39 – 21:11 Capricorn
- 21:11 – 22:27 Aquarius
- 22:27 – 23:39 Pisces
- 23:39 – 01:04 next day Aries
- 01:04 – 02:53 next day Taurus
- 02:53 – 05:11 next day Gemini
- 05:11 – 06:07 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