Washington panchang, 4 August 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 20:14 Moonrise 23:08 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
06:13 to 20:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 09:43 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:29
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:24 Moon enters Aries
- 12:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:14 to 06:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:14 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:33
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 10:03
- Karana Vanija until 12:33, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:24 Moon enters Aries
- 12:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:57 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:28
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:03 – 12:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:29
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 12:33 – 06:14 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:54 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 02:54 – 04:53 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. 04:53 – 05:33
- 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 20:14 – 22:14
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 12:24 – 12:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:24 – 06:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:24 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:13 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Char | 09:43 – 11:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:28 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:29 | Good |
| Rog | 18:29 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 07:17 Cancer
- 07:17 – 09:46 Leo
- 09:46 – 12:15 Virgo
- 12:15 – 14:46 Libra
- 14:46 – 17:10 Scorpio
- 17:10 – 19:11 Sagittarius
- 19:11 – 20:44 Capricorn
- 20:44 – 21:59 Aquarius
- 21:59 – 23:12 Pisces
- 23:12 – 00:36 next day Aries
- 00:36 – 02:26 next day Taurus
- 02:26 – 04:43 next day Gemini
- 04:43 – 06:14 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