Washington panchang, 28 August 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 19:59 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
06:34 to 19:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:13 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:26 – 18:04
- 12:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:43 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:27 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:27 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:06
- Karana Balava until 12:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:27 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:04
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. 05:08 – 05:51
- 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 19:43 – 21:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 00:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 08:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:13 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:09 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:43 Cancer
- 05:43 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 10:41 Virgo
- 10:41 – 13:11 Libra
- 13:11 – 15:36 Scorpio
- 15:36 – 17:37 Sagittarius
- 17:37 – 19:10 Capricorn
- 19:10 – 20:25 Aquarius
- 20:25 – 21:38 Pisces
- 21:38 – 23:02 Aries
- 23:02 – 00:51 next day Taurus
- 00:51 – 03:09 next day Gemini
- 03:09 – 05:39 next day Cancer
- 05:39 – 06:35 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