Washington panchang, 9 September 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 19:24 Moonrise 04:54 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
06:45 to 19:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:39
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:00 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
19:24 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:24 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:03 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:34 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 12:22
- Karana Vishti until 14:00, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:00 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:01 – 05:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:44 – 14:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:39
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 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:24 – 21:41
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:25 Leo
- 07:25 – 09:54 Virgo
- 09:54 – 12:24 Libra
- 12:24 – 14:49 Scorpio
- 14:49 – 16:50 Sagittarius
- 16:50 – 18:22 Capricorn
- 18:22 – 19:38 Aquarius
- 19:38 – 20:50 Pisces
- 20:50 – 22:15 Aries
- 22:15 – 00:04 next day Taurus
- 00:04 – 02:22 next day Gemini
- 02:22 – 04:52 next day Cancer
- 04:52 – 06:46 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