Washington panchang, 15 October 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 12:27 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
07:18 to 18:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 11:02 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:17 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:29 – 16:14
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:28 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:45
- Karana Balava until 17:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:02 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:29 – 16:14
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. 05:36 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 21:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 17:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:17 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:06 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 12:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:53 – 14:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:17 – 15:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:40 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:04 – 21:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:41 – 23:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:17 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:32 Virgo
- 07:32 – 10:02 Libra
- 10:02 – 12:27 Scorpio
- 12:27 – 14:28 Sagittarius
- 14:28 – 16:01 Capricorn
- 16:01 – 17:16 Aquarius
- 17:16 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 19:53 Aries
- 19:53 – 21:43 Taurus
- 21:43 – 00:00 next day Gemini
- 00:00 – 02:30 next day Cancer
- 02:30 – 04:59 next day Leo
- 04:59 – 07:19 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