Washington panchang, 29 September 2026
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 20:20 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
07:03 to 18:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 12:58 – 14:26
- Rahu Kalam 15:55 – 17:24
- 07:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:34 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:52 to 07:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:52 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:40
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 17:50
- Karana Vishti until 07:40, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:55 – 17:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:50 – 19:02
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. 05:26 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 21:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:03 – 07:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:06 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:03 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 12:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:58 – 14:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:26 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:55 – 17:24 | Good |
| Rog | 17:24 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:24 – 21:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:55 – 23:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:27 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 04:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:01 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:04 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:35 Virgo
- 08:35 – 11:05 Libra
- 11:05 – 13:30 Scorpio
- 13:30 – 15:31 Sagittarius
- 15:31 – 17:04 Capricorn
- 17:04 – 18:19 Aquarius
- 18:19 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 20:56 Aries
- 20:56 – 22:46 Taurus
- 22:46 – 01:03 next day Gemini
- 01:03 – 03:33 next day Cancer
- 03:33 – 06:02 next day Leo
- 06:02 – 07:04 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