Washington panchang, 26 September 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 18:49 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
07:00 to 18:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:58
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 07:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 01:38 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:49, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:38 – 07:01 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. 05:24 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:30 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Char | 12:59 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:58 – 17:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:27 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:28 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:58 – 23:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:29 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:00 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 08:47 Virgo
- 08:47 – 11:17 Libra
- 11:17 – 13:42 Scorpio
- 13:42 – 15:43 Sagittarius
- 15:43 – 17:16 Capricorn
- 17:16 – 18:31 Aquarius
- 18:31 – 19:44 Pisces
- 19:44 – 21:08 Aries
- 21:08 – 22:57 Taurus
- 22:57 – 01:15 next day Gemini
- 01:15 – 03:45 next day Cancer
- 03:45 – 06:14 next day Leo
- 06:14 – 07:01 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