Washington panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 08:22 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
06:48 to 19:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam 09:56 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 16:11
- 09:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:19 to 06:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 21:38
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 04:13 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:11
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:48 – 03:37 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:37 – 06:49 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 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:37 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:22 – 09:56 | Good |
| Rog | 09:56 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:45 – 19:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:22 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:13 Leo
- 07:13 – 09:42 Virgo
- 09:42 – 12:12 Libra
- 12:12 – 14:37 Scorpio
- 14:37 – 16:38 Sagittarius
- 16:38 – 18:11 Capricorn
- 18:11 – 19:26 Aquarius
- 19:26 – 20:39 Pisces
- 20:39 – 22:03 Aries
- 22:03 – 23:52 Taurus
- 23:52 – 02:10 next day Gemini
- 02:10 – 04:40 next day Cancer
- 04:40 – 06:49 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