Washington panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 01:11 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
06:16 to 20:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:41
- 07:21 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:19 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
20:10 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:35 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:21 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:08
- Karana Bava until 15:04, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:21 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:19 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:41
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:16 – 07:21
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. 04:56 – 05:36
- 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 20:10 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 07:21
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:10 – 21:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:45 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 07:01 Cancer
- 07:01 – 09:31 Leo
- 09:31 – 11:59 Virgo
- 11:59 – 14:30 Libra
- 14:30 – 16:54 Scorpio
- 16:54 – 18:56 Sagittarius
- 18:56 – 20:28 Capricorn
- 20:28 – 21:44 Aquarius
- 21:44 – 22:56 Pisces
- 22:56 – 00:20 next day Aries
- 00:20 – 02:10 next day Taurus
- 02:10 – 04:28 next day Gemini
- 04:28 – 06:17 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