Washington panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 06:01 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
06:20 to 20:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:55
- 13:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
20:05 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:36 Moon enters Leo
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 02:46 next day
- Karana Naga until 13:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:36 Moon enters Leo
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:55
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:46 – 13:22 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. 04:58 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:05 – 22:08
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:22 – 20:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:46 Cancer
- 06:46 – 09:15 Leo
- 09:15 – 11:44 Virgo
- 11:44 – 14:14 Libra
- 14:14 – 16:39 Scorpio
- 16:39 – 18:40 Sagittarius
- 18:40 – 20:12 Capricorn
- 20:12 – 21:28 Aquarius
- 21:28 – 22:40 Pisces
- 22:40 – 00:05 next day Aries
- 00:05 – 01:54 next day Taurus
- 01:54 – 04:12 next day Gemini
- 04:12 – 06:21 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