Washington panchang, 29 August 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 20:22 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
06:35 to 19:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:25
- 12:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
19:41 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:07 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 18:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 19:51
- Karana Taitila until 12:20, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 19:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:51 – 21:51
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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:13 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 18:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:41 – 21:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:37 Virgo
- 10:37 – 13:07 Libra
- 13:07 – 15:32 Scorpio
- 15:32 – 17:33 Sagittarius
- 17:33 – 19:06 Capricorn
- 19:06 – 20:21 Aquarius
- 20:21 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 22:58 Aries
- 22:58 – 00:48 next day Taurus
- 00:48 – 03:05 next day Gemini
- 03:05 – 05:35 next day Cancer
- 05:35 – 06:36 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