Washington panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 11:46 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
06:24 to 19:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:16
- 06:49 Moon enters Libra
- 07:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:58 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:30
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 17:59
- Karana Balava until 07:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:49 Moon enters Libra
- 07:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:24 – 19:28
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 06:24 – 07:38
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. 05:01 – 05:43
- 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 19:58 – 22:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:28 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:24 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 19:58 | Good |
| Char | 19:58 – 21:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:26 Cancer
- 06:26 – 08:55 Leo
- 08:55 – 11:24 Virgo
- 11:24 – 13:54 Libra
- 13:54 – 16:19 Scorpio
- 16:19 – 18:20 Sagittarius
- 18:20 – 19:53 Capricorn
- 19:53 – 21:08 Aquarius
- 21:08 – 22:21 Pisces
- 22:21 – 23:45 Aries
- 23:45 – 01:35 next day Taurus
- 01:35 – 03:52 next day Gemini
- 03:52 – 06:22 next day Cancer
- 06:22 – 06:25 next day Leo
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