Washington panchang, 5 October 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 01:27 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
07:09 to 18:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:02
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 13:19 – 14:05
- Gulika Kalam 14:22 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:38 – 16:24
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:38 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:43 to 07:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:43 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:38
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 21:50
- Karana Vishti until 16:38, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:29 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:19 – 14:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:38 – 16:24
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 – 06:19
- 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 18:43 – 21:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:09 – 13:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 18:43 | Good |
| Char | 18:43 – 20:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:16 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:50 – 23:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:23 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:43 Leo
- 05:43 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:42 Libra
- 10:42 – 13:06 Scorpio
- 13:06 – 15:07 Sagittarius
- 15:07 – 16:40 Capricorn
- 16:40 – 17:56 Aquarius
- 17:56 – 19:08 Pisces
- 19:08 – 20:32 Aries
- 20:32 – 22:22 Taurus
- 22:22 – 00:40 next day Gemini
- 00:40 – 03:09 next day Cancer
- 03:09 – 05:39 next day Leo
- 05:39 – 07:10 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