Washington panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 14:56 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
06:27 to 19:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:27 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:49 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:56 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:13
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:54 to 06:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 18:55
- Karana Bava until 11:48, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:56 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:55 – 19:48 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. 05:03 – 05:45
- 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 19:54 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 02:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:23 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:27 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:49 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:13 – 19:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:14 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:14 Cancer
- 06:14 – 08:44 Leo
- 08:44 – 11:12 Virgo
- 11:12 – 13:43 Libra
- 13:43 – 16:07 Scorpio
- 16:07 – 18:08 Sagittarius
- 18:08 – 19:41 Capricorn
- 19:41 – 20:56 Aquarius
- 20:56 – 22:09 Pisces
- 22:09 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:23 next day Taurus
- 01:23 – 03:40 next day Gemini
- 03:40 – 06:10 next day Cancer
- 06:10 – 06:28 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