Washington panchang, 4 October 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 00:13 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
07:08 to 18:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 12:56 – 14:23
- Gulika Kalam 15:50 – 17:17
- Durmuhurta 17:11 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam 17:17 – 18:44
- 07:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:02 Moon enters Cancer
- 14:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:44 to 07:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 18:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 00:21 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:21, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:02 Moon enters Cancer
- 14:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:11 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:17 – 18:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:29 – 16:38 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. 05:29 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 21:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:44 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:08 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 10:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:02 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 12:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:56 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:23 – 15:50 | Good |
| Rog | 15:50 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:17 – 21:50 | Good |
| Char | 21:50 – 23:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:23 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 08:15 Virgo
- 08:15 – 10:46 Libra
- 10:46 – 13:10 Scorpio
- 13:10 – 15:11 Sagittarius
- 15:11 – 16:44 Capricorn
- 16:44 – 17:59 Aquarius
- 17:59 – 19:12 Pisces
- 19:12 – 20:36 Aries
- 20:36 – 22:26 Taurus
- 22:26 – 00:43 next day Gemini
- 00:43 – 03:13 next day Cancer
- 03:13 – 05:43 next day Leo
- 05:43 – 07:09 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