Washington panchang, 1 August 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 20:17 Moonrise 21:54 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
06:10 to 20:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:10 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:46
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
20:17 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:17 – 22:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:37
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:15 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:53
- Karana Vishti until 13:37, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:23 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:28
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:53 – 16:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:46
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. 04:51 – 05:31
- 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 20:17 – 22:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:37 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:10 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:28 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:32 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:17 – 21:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 04:59 Gemini
- 04:59 – 07:29 Cancer
- 07:29 – 09:58 Leo
- 09:58 – 12:27 Virgo
- 12:27 – 14:57 Libra
- 14:57 – 17:22 Scorpio
- 17:22 – 19:23 Sagittarius
- 19:23 – 20:56 Capricorn
- 20:56 – 22:11 Aquarius
- 22:11 – 23:24 Pisces
- 23:24 – 00:48 next day Aries
- 00:48 – 02:38 next day Taurus
- 02:38 – 04:55 next day Gemini
- 04:55 – 06:11 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