Washington panchang, 3 October 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:46 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
07:07 to 18:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:07 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 14:24 – 15:51
- 09:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:46 to 07:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 20:22
- Nakshatra Ardra until 15:59 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 03:02 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:51 – 16:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:51
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. 05:28 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 21:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:22 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:07 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:24 – 15:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:51 – 17:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:19 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:19 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:51 – 23:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:24 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:57 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:51 Leo
- 05:51 – 08:19 Virgo
- 08:19 – 10:50 Libra
- 10:50 – 13:14 Scorpio
- 13:14 – 15:15 Sagittarius
- 15:15 – 16:48 Capricorn
- 16:48 – 18:03 Aquarius
- 18:03 – 19:16 Pisces
- 19:16 – 20:40 Aries
- 20:40 – 22:30 Taurus
- 22:30 – 00:47 next day Gemini
- 00:47 – 03:17 next day Cancer
- 03:17 – 05:47 next day Leo
- 05:47 – 07:08 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