Washington panchang, 15 August 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 09:35 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
06:23 to 20:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:47 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:36
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
20:01 to 06:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 19:51
- Karana Gara until 07:59, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:36
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 17:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:55 – 06:23 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. 05:00 – 05:41
- 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 20:01 – 22:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 17:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:59 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:47 | Good |
| Rog | 09:47 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:19 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:34 Cancer
- 06:34 – 09:03 Leo
- 09:03 – 11:32 Virgo
- 11:32 – 14:02 Libra
- 14:02 – 16:27 Scorpio
- 16:27 – 18:28 Sagittarius
- 18:28 – 20:01 Capricorn
- 20:01 – 21:16 Aquarius
- 21:16 – 22:29 Pisces
- 22:29 – 23:53 Aries
- 23:53 – 01:43 next day Taurus
- 01:43 – 04:00 next day Gemini
- 04:00 – 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