Washington panchang, 11 August 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 04:43 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
06:19 to 20:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:46 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:23
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:23 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:23 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
20:06 to 06:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:56 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 16:23
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:21
- Karana Shakuni until 16:23, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:23 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:23 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:56 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 10:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:21 – 05:56 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:23
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 – 05:38
- 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 20:06 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:30 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:02 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Char | 09:46 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:23 | Good |
| Rog | 18:23 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:46 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:50 Cancer
- 06:50 – 09:19 Leo
- 09:19 – 11:48 Virgo
- 11:48 – 14:18 Libra
- 14:18 – 16:43 Scorpio
- 16:43 – 18:44 Sagittarius
- 18:44 – 20:16 Capricorn
- 20:16 – 21:32 Aquarius
- 21:32 – 22:44 Pisces
- 22:44 – 00:09 next day Aries
- 00:09 – 01:58 next day Taurus
- 01:58 – 04:16 next day Gemini
- 04:16 – 06:20 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