Washington panchang, 24 September 2026
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 18:02 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
06:58 to 19:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:36
- 13:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:00 to 06:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 13:48
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:52 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 05:21 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:24 – 08:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:21 – 07:45 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. 05:23 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:58 – 01:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:29 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 16:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:00 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:30 – 19:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:30 – 22:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:00 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:30 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:00 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 06:59 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:26 Leo
- 06:26 – 08:55 Virgo
- 08:55 – 11:25 Libra
- 11:25 – 13:50 Scorpio
- 13:50 – 15:51 Sagittarius
- 15:51 – 17:23 Capricorn
- 17:23 – 18:39 Aquarius
- 18:39 – 19:51 Pisces
- 19:51 – 21:16 Aries
- 21:16 – 23:05 Taurus
- 23:05 – 01:23 next day Gemini
- 01:23 – 03:53 next day Cancer
- 03:53 – 06:22 next day Leo
- 06:22 – 06:59 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