Washington panchang, 7 August 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 20:11 Moonrise 00:20 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
06:15 to 20:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:44
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Durmuhurta 13:41 – 14:37
- Yamaganda 16:42 – 18:26
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:11 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:11 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:07
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:13 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 23:32
- Karana Gara until 07:07, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:41 – 14:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:32 – 03:08 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. 04:55 – 05:35
- 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 20:11 – 22:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:29 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:44 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Char | 18:26 – 20:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 07:05 Cancer
- 07:05 – 09:35 Leo
- 09:35 – 12:03 Virgo
- 12:03 – 14:34 Libra
- 14:34 – 16:58 Scorpio
- 16:58 – 18:59 Sagittarius
- 18:59 – 20:32 Capricorn
- 20:32 – 21:47 Aquarius
- 21:47 – 23:00 Pisces
- 23:00 – 00:24 next day Aries
- 00:24 – 02:14 next day Taurus
- 02:14 – 04:31 next day Gemini
- 04:31 – 06:16 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