Washington panchang, 2 August 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 22:17 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
06:11 to 20:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:45 – 18:31
- Durmuhurta 18:24 – 19:20
- Rahu Kalam 18:31 – 20:16
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:59 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:16 to 06:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 13:45
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:59
- Karana Balava until 13:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:59 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:24 – 19:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:31 – 20:16
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. 04:52 – 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 20:16 – 22:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:07 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:11 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:42 – 11:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:28 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:45 | Good |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 04:55 Gemini
- 04:55 – 07:25 Cancer
- 07:25 – 09:54 Leo
- 09:54 – 12:23 Virgo
- 12:23 – 14:53 Libra
- 14:53 – 17:18 Scorpio
- 17:18 – 19:19 Sagittarius
- 19:19 – 20:52 Capricorn
- 20:52 – 22:07 Aquarius
- 22:07 – 23:20 Pisces
- 23:20 – 00:44 next day Aries
- 00:44 – 02:34 next day Taurus
- 02:34 – 04:51 next day Gemini
- 04:51 – 06:12 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