Washington panchang, 8 September 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:26 Moonrise 03:40 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
06:44 to 19:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:16 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:51
- 07:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:05 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:26 to 06:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:26 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:01 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 07:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 15:10
- Karana Gara until 16:05, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:16 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:01 – 05:44 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:44 – 14:00 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. 05:14 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:26 – 21:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 03:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:09 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:19 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 13:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:05 – 14:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:40 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:51 | Good |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:26 – 20:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:05 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:55 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:20 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:29 Leo
- 07:29 – 09:58 Virgo
- 09:58 – 12:28 Libra
- 12:28 – 14:52 Scorpio
- 14:52 – 16:54 Sagittarius
- 16:54 – 18:26 Capricorn
- 18:26 – 19:42 Aquarius
- 19:42 – 20:54 Pisces
- 20:54 – 22:19 Aries
- 22:19 – 00:08 next day Taurus
- 00:08 – 02:26 next day Gemini
- 02:26 – 04:56 next day Cancer
- 04:56 – 06:45 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