Washington panchang, 14 September 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 10:34 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
06:49 to 19:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:56
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:28 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:47
- 09:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:16 to 06:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 22:14
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:51 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 02:50 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:51, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:28 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:50 – 02:52 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. 05:17 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:16 – 21:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:49 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:16 | Good |
| Char | 19:16 – 20:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:24 – 06:50 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:05 Leo
- 07:05 – 09:34 Virgo
- 09:34 – 12:04 Libra
- 12:04 – 14:29 Scorpio
- 14:29 – 16:30 Sagittarius
- 16:30 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:18 Aquarius
- 19:18 – 20:31 Pisces
- 20:31 – 21:55 Aries
- 21:55 – 23:45 Taurus
- 23:45 – 02:02 next day Gemini
- 02:02 – 04:32 next day Cancer
- 04:32 – 06:50 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