Washington panchang, 14 August 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 08:27 Shravana 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
06:22 to 20:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:34
- Yamaganda 16:37 – 18:20
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
20:02 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:39 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 09:17
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 21:39
- Karana Kaulava until 09:17, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:39 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:20
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. 04:59 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:02 – 22:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 18:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 18:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:12 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:47 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Char | 18:20 – 20:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:38 Cancer
- 06:38 – 09:07 Leo
- 09:07 – 11:36 Virgo
- 11:36 – 14:06 Libra
- 14:06 – 16:31 Scorpio
- 16:31 – 18:32 Sagittarius
- 18:32 – 20:05 Capricorn
- 20:05 – 21:20 Aquarius
- 21:20 – 22:33 Pisces
- 22:33 – 23:57 Aries
- 23:57 – 01:47 next day Taurus
- 01:47 – 04:04 next day Gemini
- 04:04 – 06:23 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