Washington panchang, 3 September 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 23:06 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
06:40 to 19:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam 14:43 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:59
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 14:59 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:34 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:14 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 16:55
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:59 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:03
- Karana Bava until 16:55, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 14:59 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:14 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:14 – 07:26 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:59 – 06:40 next day
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. 05:11 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:34 – 21:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 14:59
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:57 – 19:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:34 – 20:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:57 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:19 Cancer
- 05:19 – 07:49 Leo
- 07:49 – 10:17 Virgo
- 10:17 – 12:48 Libra
- 12:48 – 15:12 Scorpio
- 15:12 – 17:13 Sagittarius
- 17:13 – 18:46 Capricorn
- 18:46 – 20:01 Aquarius
- 20:01 – 21:14 Pisces
- 21:14 – 22:38 Aries
- 22:38 – 00:28 next day Taurus
- 00:28 – 02:45 next day Gemini
- 02:45 – 05:15 next day Cancer
- 05:15 – 06:40 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