Washington panchang, 10 October 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 07:12 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
07:13 to 18:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:20 – 15:45
- 11:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:35 to 07:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:34 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:50
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 12:32
- Karana Naga until 11:50, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:34 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:32 – 11:35 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:45
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:13 – 12:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:12 – 07:14 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. 05:32 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 21:07
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Char | 12:54 – 14:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:20 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:45 – 23:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:05 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:52 Virgo
- 07:52 – 10:22 Libra
- 10:22 – 12:47 Scorpio
- 12:47 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 16:20 Capricorn
- 16:20 – 17:36 Aquarius
- 17:36 – 18:49 Pisces
- 18:49 – 20:13 Aries
- 20:13 – 22:02 Taurus
- 22:02 – 00:20 next day Gemini
- 00:20 – 02:50 next day Cancer
- 02:50 – 05:19 next day Leo
- 05:19 – 07:14 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