Washington panchang, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 17:31 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
06:30 to 19:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam 16:30 – 18:10
- Durmuhurta 18:03 – 18:57
- Rahu Kalam 18:10 – 19:50
- 08:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:49 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:50 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:49
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 21:34
- Karana Vishti until 18:49, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:03 – 18:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:10 – 19:50
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. 05:05 – 05:47
- 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 19:50 – 21:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 08:14
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 08:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 08:14
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:10 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 08:32 Leo
- 08:32 – 11:00 Virgo
- 11:00 – 13:31 Libra
- 13:31 – 15:55 Scorpio
- 15:55 – 17:57 Sagittarius
- 17:57 – 19:29 Capricorn
- 19:29 – 20:45 Aquarius
- 20:45 – 21:57 Pisces
- 21:57 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:11 next day Taurus
- 01:11 – 03:29 next day Gemini
- 03:29 – 05:59 next day Cancer
- 05:59 – 06:31 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