Washington panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 13:54 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
06:26 to 19:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:52
- 09:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
19:56 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 23:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 18:14
- Karana Vanija until 09:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:52
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:38 – 06:27 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. 05:02 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:56 – 22:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 09:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:38 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:18 Cancer
- 06:18 – 08:48 Leo
- 08:48 – 11:16 Virgo
- 11:16 – 13:47 Libra
- 13:47 – 16:11 Scorpio
- 16:11 – 18:12 Sagittarius
- 18:12 – 19:45 Capricorn
- 19:45 – 21:00 Aquarius
- 21:00 – 22:13 Pisces
- 22:13 – 23:37 Aries
- 23:37 – 01:27 next day Taurus
- 01:27 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 06:14 next day Cancer
- 06:14 – 06:27 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