Washington panchang, 11 September 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:21 Moonrise 07:15 Bhadrapada 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
06:47 to 19:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:21 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 10:08
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta 13:29 – 14:19
- Yamaganda 16:12 – 17:47
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 09:38 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:21 to 06:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:21 – 21:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:39 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 22:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:32
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:48, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 09:38 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:39 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 10:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:29 – 14:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:24 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:23 – 03:25 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. 05:16 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:21 – 21:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:47 – 22:16
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:47 – 08:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:21 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:38 | Good |
| Rog | 14:38 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:22 – 06:48 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
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:17 Leo
- 07:17 – 09:46 Virgo
- 09:46 – 12:16 Libra
- 12:16 – 14:41 Scorpio
- 14:41 – 16:42 Sagittarius
- 16:42 – 18:15 Capricorn
- 18:15 – 19:30 Aquarius
- 19:30 – 20:43 Pisces
- 20:43 – 22:07 Aries
- 22:07 – 23:56 Taurus
- 23:56 – 02:14 next day Gemini
- 02:14 – 04:44 next day Cancer
- 04:44 – 06:48 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