Washington panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 10:41 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 20:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam 16:36 – 18:18
- Durmuhurta 18:11 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam 18:18 – 20:00
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:00 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:38
- Karana Vishti until 07:23, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:11 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:18 – 20:00
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 07:23 – 18:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:35 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:31 – 06:24 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 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:23 – 07:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 18:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:20 – 22:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:24 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 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:30 Cancer
- 06:30 – 08:59 Leo
- 08:59 – 11:28 Virgo
- 11:28 – 13:58 Libra
- 13:58 – 16:23 Scorpio
- 16:23 – 18:24 Sagittarius
- 18:24 – 19:57 Capricorn
- 19:57 – 21:12 Aquarius
- 21:12 – 22:25 Pisces
- 22:25 – 23:49 Aries
- 23:49 – 01:39 next day Taurus
- 01:39 – 03:56 next day Gemini
- 03:56 – 06:24 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