Washington panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:10 Moonrise 14:38 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
06:53 to 19:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 09:57
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:09
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 13:26 – 14:15
- Yamaganda 16:06 – 17:38
- 13:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:10 to 06:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:10 – 21:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 05:57 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 13:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:59 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:43, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:26 – 14:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:38
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:53 – 13:14
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. 05:19 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:10 – 21:31
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 09:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:57 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:01 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:06 – 23:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:34 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:50 Leo
- 06:50 – 09:18 Virgo
- 09:18 – 11:49 Libra
- 11:49 – 14:13 Scorpio
- 14:13 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 17:47 Capricorn
- 17:47 – 19:02 Aquarius
- 19:02 – 20:15 Pisces
- 20:15 – 21:39 Aries
- 21:39 – 23:29 Taurus
- 23:29 – 01:46 next day Gemini
- 01:46 – 04:16 next day Cancer
- 04:16 – 06:46 next day Leo
- 06:46 – 06:54 next day Virgo
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