Washington panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 09:23 Ashwin 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
07:15 to 18:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam 14:18 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta 15:32 – 16:17
- 11:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:32 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:32 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 11:02
- Karana Kaulava until 12:43, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:18 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:32 – 16:17
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. 05:34 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 21:05
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Char | 14:18 – 15:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:43 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:32 | Good |
| Char | 18:32 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:43 – 23:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:19 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:05 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:41 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:44 Virgo
- 07:44 – 10:14 Libra
- 10:14 – 12:39 Scorpio
- 12:39 – 14:40 Sagittarius
- 14:40 – 16:13 Capricorn
- 16:13 – 17:28 Aquarius
- 17:28 – 18:41 Pisces
- 18:41 – 20:05 Aries
- 20:05 – 21:55 Taurus
- 21:55 – 00:12 next day Gemini
- 00:12 – 02:42 next day Cancer
- 02:42 – 05:11 next day Leo
- 05:11 – 07:16 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