Washington panchang, 27 August 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 19:36 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
06:33 to 19:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 08:12
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:06
- 12:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
19:44 to 06:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 00:18 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:57
- Karana Vishti until 12:02, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:57 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:05 – 12:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:06
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. 05:07 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 00:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:33 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:12 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:05 – 22:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:27 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:13 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:47 Cancer
- 05:47 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 10:45 Virgo
- 10:45 – 13:15 Libra
- 13:15 – 15:40 Scorpio
- 15:40 – 17:41 Sagittarius
- 17:41 – 19:13 Capricorn
- 19:13 – 20:29 Aquarius
- 20:29 – 21:42 Pisces
- 21:42 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 00:55 next day Taurus
- 00:55 – 03:13 next day Gemini
- 03:13 – 05:43 next day Cancer
- 05:43 – 06:34 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