Washington panchang, 5 September 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 00:03 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
06:41 to 19:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:18
- 12:01 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:31 to 06:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:24
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:01 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:15 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:24, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:01 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:15 – 21:11 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. 05:12 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 12:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:41 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:54 – 19:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:31 – 20:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 07:41 Leo
- 07:41 – 10:09 Virgo
- 10:09 – 12:40 Libra
- 12:40 – 15:04 Scorpio
- 15:04 – 17:05 Sagittarius
- 17:05 – 18:38 Capricorn
- 18:38 – 19:53 Aquarius
- 19:53 – 21:06 Pisces
- 21:06 – 22:30 Aries
- 22:30 – 00:20 next day Taurus
- 00:20 – 02:37 next day Gemini
- 02:37 – 05:07 next day Cancer
- 05:07 – 06:42 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