Washington panchang, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 16:46 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
06:29 to 19:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:31
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:51 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:30
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:14 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:44
- Karana Gara until 16:30, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:44 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:31
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. 05:04 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:51 – 21:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:51 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 23:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:51 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:06 Cancer
- 06:06 – 08:36 Leo
- 08:36 – 11:04 Virgo
- 11:04 – 13:35 Libra
- 13:35 – 15:59 Scorpio
- 15:59 – 18:00 Sagittarius
- 18:00 – 19:33 Capricorn
- 19:33 – 20:49 Aquarius
- 20:49 – 22:01 Pisces
- 22:01 – 23:25 Aries
- 23:25 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:33 next day Gemini
- 03:33 – 06:02 next day Cancer
- 06:02 – 06:30 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