Washington panchang, 13 October 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 10:28 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
07:16 to 18:31- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:16
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 12:54 – 14:18
- Rahu Kalam 15:42 – 17:06
- 09:42 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:31 to 07:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:31 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:58
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:13 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 10:53
- Karana Gara until 13:58, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:42 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:42 – 17:06
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 18:31 – 21:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 13:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:13 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:41 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Char | 10:05 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 12:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:54 – 14:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:18 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:42 – 17:06 | Good |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:31 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:42 – 23:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:18 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 04:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:06 – 05:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:17 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:40 Virgo
- 07:40 – 10:10 Libra
- 10:10 – 12:35 Scorpio
- 12:35 – 14:36 Sagittarius
- 14:36 – 16:09 Capricorn
- 16:09 – 17:24 Aquarius
- 17:24 – 18:37 Pisces
- 18:37 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 21:51 Taurus
- 21:51 – 00:08 next day Gemini
- 00:08 – 02:38 next day Cancer
- 02:38 – 05:07 next day Leo
- 05:07 – 07:17 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