Washington panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:32 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 19:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 10:06
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta 13:32 – 14:23
- Yamaganda 16:19 – 17:56
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:32 to 06:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 14:44
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 03:17 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:48 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 10:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:32 – 14:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:56
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. 05:12 – 05:56
- 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 19:32 – 21:46
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:17 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:32 – 20:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:15 Cancer
- 05:15 – 07:45 Leo
- 07:45 – 10:13 Virgo
- 10:13 – 12:44 Libra
- 12:44 – 15:08 Scorpio
- 15:08 – 17:09 Sagittarius
- 17:09 – 18:42 Capricorn
- 18:42 – 19:57 Aquarius
- 19:57 – 21:10 Pisces
- 21:10 – 22:34 Aries
- 22:34 – 00:24 next day Taurus
- 00:24 – 02:41 next day Gemini
- 02:41 – 05:11 next day Cancer
- 05:11 – 06:41 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