Washington panchang, 28 September 2026
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 19:44 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
07:02 to 18:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 13:22 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:31
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:54 to 07:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:44
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:43
- Karana Gara until 09:44, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:22 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:31
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. 05:25 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:20
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:58 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:25 – 18:54 | Good |
| Char | 18:54 – 20:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:25 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:56 – 23:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:27 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:03 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:10 Leo
- 06:10 – 08:39 Virgo
- 08:39 – 11:09 Libra
- 11:09 – 13:34 Scorpio
- 13:34 – 15:35 Sagittarius
- 15:35 – 17:08 Capricorn
- 17:08 – 18:23 Aquarius
- 18:23 – 19:36 Pisces
- 19:36 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 22:50 Taurus
- 22:50 – 01:07 next day Gemini
- 01:07 – 03:37 next day Cancer
- 03:37 – 06:06 next day Leo
- 06:06 – 07:03 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