Washington panchang, 6 August 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 20:12 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
06:14 to 20:12- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:14 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:44 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 10:54 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:25
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:23 Moon enters Taurus
Night
20:12 to 06:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:12 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 09:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:41 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:23, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:54 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:25
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. 04:54 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:12 – 22:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:14 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:44 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 20:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:12 – 21:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:27 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 07:09 Cancer
- 07:09 – 09:39 Leo
- 09:39 – 12:07 Virgo
- 12:07 – 14:38 Libra
- 14:38 – 17:02 Scorpio
- 17:02 – 19:03 Sagittarius
- 19:03 – 20:36 Capricorn
- 20:36 – 21:51 Aquarius
- 21:51 – 23:04 Pisces
- 23:04 – 00:28 next day Aries
- 00:28 – 02:18 next day Taurus
- 02:18 – 04:35 next day Gemini
- 04:35 – 06:15 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