Washington panchang, 15 September 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 19:15 Moonrise 11:39 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
06:50 to 19:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 10:09
- Yamaganda 09:56 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:02 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:42
- 10:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:15 to 06:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:15 – 21:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:19 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:29
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:52 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:47, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:19 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:52 – 04:04 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. 05:18 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:15 – 21:34
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:23 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 13:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:02 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:09 – 17:42 | Good |
| Rog | 17:42 – 19:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:36 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:03 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:24 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:01 Leo
- 07:01 – 09:30 Virgo
- 09:30 – 12:00 Libra
- 12:00 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 19:14 Aquarius
- 19:14 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 21:51 Aries
- 21:51 – 23:41 Taurus
- 23:41 – 01:58 next day Gemini
- 01:58 – 04:28 next day Cancer
- 04:28 – 06:51 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