Washington panchang, 9 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 02:13 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
06:17 to 20:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:57
- Gulika Kalam 16:41 – 18:25
- Durmuhurta 18:18 – 19:13
- Rahu Kalam 18:25 – 20:09
- 12:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
20:09 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 16:34
- Karana Kaulava until 12:04, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:34 – 17:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:18 – 19:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:25 – 20:09
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 – 05:37
- 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 20:09 – 22:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:45 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:41 | Good |
| Rog | 16:41 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:58 Cancer
- 06:58 – 09:27 Leo
- 09:27 – 11:55 Virgo
- 11:55 – 14:26 Libra
- 14:26 – 16:50 Scorpio
- 16:50 – 18:52 Sagittarius
- 18:52 – 20:24 Capricorn
- 20:24 – 21:40 Aquarius
- 21:40 – 22:52 Pisces
- 22:52 – 00:17 next day Aries
- 00:17 – 02:06 next day Taurus
- 02:06 – 04:24 next day Gemini
- 04:24 – 06:18 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