Washington panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 21:12 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
06:37 to 19:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 17:02
- 10:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:20 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:54 Moon enters Aries
Night
19:38 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:12
- Nakshatra Revati until 17:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 16:20
- Karana Bava until 10:49, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:20 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 17:02
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. 05:09 – 05:53
- 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 19:38 – 21:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 18:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:01 – 19:38 | Good |
| Char | 19:38 – 21:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 10:29 Virgo
- 10:29 – 12:59 Libra
- 12:59 – 15:24 Scorpio
- 15:24 – 17:25 Sagittarius
- 17:25 – 18:58 Capricorn
- 18:58 – 20:13 Aquarius
- 20:13 – 21:26 Pisces
- 21:26 – 22:50 Aries
- 22:50 – 00:40 next day Taurus
- 00:40 – 02:57 next day Gemini
- 02:57 – 05:27 next day Cancer
- 05:27 – 06:38 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