Washington panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 12:51 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
06:25 to 19:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 10:02
- Yamaganda 09:48 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:53
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:16
- 08:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
19:57 to 06:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 08:21
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 17:53
- Karana Taitila until 08:21, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:16
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. 05:02 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:57 – 22:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 21:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:25 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:07 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Char | 09:48 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:16 | Good |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:22 Cancer
- 06:22 – 08:51 Leo
- 08:51 – 11:20 Virgo
- 11:20 – 13:51 Libra
- 13:51 – 16:15 Scorpio
- 16:15 – 18:16 Sagittarius
- 18:16 – 19:49 Capricorn
- 19:49 – 21:04 Aquarius
- 21:04 – 22:17 Pisces
- 22:17 – 23:41 Aries
- 23:41 – 01:31 next day Taurus
- 01:31 – 03:48 next day Gemini
- 03:48 – 06:18 next day Cancer
- 06:18 – 06:26 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