Washington panchang, 10 August 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 03:25 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
06:18 to 20:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:22
- 08:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:57 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:07 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:39 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 12:57
- Karana Gara until 08:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:57 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:24 – 05:53 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. 04:57 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:07 – 22:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:39 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:45 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 20:07 | Good |
| Char | 20:07 – 21:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:54 Cancer
- 06:54 – 09:23 Leo
- 09:23 – 11:52 Virgo
- 11:52 – 14:22 Libra
- 14:22 – 16:47 Scorpio
- 16:47 – 18:48 Sagittarius
- 18:48 – 20:20 Capricorn
- 20:20 – 21:36 Aquarius
- 21:36 – 22:48 Pisces
- 22:48 – 00:13 next day Aries
- 00:13 – 02:02 next day Taurus
- 02:02 – 04:20 next day Gemini
- 04:20 – 06:19 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