Washington panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 15:54 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
06:28 to 19:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:31
- Yamaganda 16:32 – 18:12
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
19:53 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:53 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:06
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:19 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 19:48
- Karana Kaulava until 14:06, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:48 – 21:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:28 – 05:19 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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:53 – 22:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:10 Cancer
- 06:10 – 08:40 Leo
- 08:40 – 11:08 Virgo
- 11:08 – 13:39 Libra
- 13:39 – 16:03 Scorpio
- 16:03 – 18:04 Sagittarius
- 18:04 – 19:37 Capricorn
- 19:37 – 20:52 Aquarius
- 20:52 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 23:29 Aries
- 23:29 – 01:19 next day Taurus
- 01:19 – 03:36 next day Gemini
- 03:36 – 06:06 next day Cancer
- 06:06 – 06:29 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