Washington panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 18:10 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
06:31 to 19:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:36
- Durmuhurta 13:36 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:09
- 07:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:36 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
19:49 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:11 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:51
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 22:11
- Karana Bava until 07:52, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:36 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:11 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:36 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 10:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:58 – 06:32 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. 05:05 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:50 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:49 | Good |
| Char | 19:49 – 21:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 08:28 Leo
- 08:28 – 10:56 Virgo
- 10:56 – 13:27 Libra
- 13:27 – 15:51 Scorpio
- 15:51 – 17:53 Sagittarius
- 17:53 – 19:25 Capricorn
- 19:25 – 20:41 Aquarius
- 20:41 – 21:53 Pisces
- 21:53 – 23:18 Aries
- 23:18 – 01:07 next day Taurus
- 01:07 – 03:25 next day Gemini
- 03:25 – 05:55 next day Cancer
- 05:55 – 06:32 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