Washington panchang, 1 September 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 21:42 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
06:38 to 19:37- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:14 – 10:06
- Yamaganda 09:53 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:59
- 09:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
19:37 to 06:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:43
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:08
- Karana Kaulava until 09:30, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:14 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:59
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. 05:10 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:38 – 17:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 17:12
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:38 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:15 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 17:59 | Good |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:37 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:27 Cancer
- 05:27 – 07:56 Leo
- 07:56 – 10:25 Virgo
- 10:25 – 12:55 Libra
- 12:55 – 15:20 Scorpio
- 15:20 – 17:21 Sagittarius
- 17:21 – 18:54 Capricorn
- 18:54 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 21:22 Pisces
- 21:22 – 22:46 Aries
- 22:46 – 00:36 next day Taurus
- 00:36 – 02:53 next day Gemini
- 02:53 – 05:23 next day Cancer
- 05:23 – 06:39 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