Washington panchang, 30 July 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 21:08 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
06:08 to 20:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:41 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta 10:52 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:29
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
20:19 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:08 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:35
- Karana Kaulava until 12:00, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:08 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:52 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:29
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. 04:50 – 05:29
- 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 20:19 – 22:17
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:41 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Char | 11:27 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:19 – 21:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:33 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:07 Gemini
- 05:07 – 07:37 Cancer
- 07:37 – 10:06 Leo
- 10:06 – 12:35 Virgo
- 12:35 – 15:05 Libra
- 15:05 – 17:30 Scorpio
- 17:30 – 19:31 Sagittarius
- 19:31 – 21:04 Capricorn
- 21:04 – 22:19 Aquarius
- 22:19 – 23:32 Pisces
- 23:32 – 00:56 next day Aries
- 00:56 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 05:03 next day Gemini
- 05:03 – 06:09 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