Washington panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 13:18 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
07:19 to 18:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 14:00
- Yamaganda 15:40 – 17:03
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:26 to 07:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:26 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:24
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:17 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:35
- Karana Taitila until 20:24, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:53
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:35 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 14:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:03
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 – 06:28
- 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 18:26 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:19 – 00:17 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:53 – 14:16 | Good |
| Rog | 14:16 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:40 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:26 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:40 – 23:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:17 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:44 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:28 Virgo
- 07:28 – 09:59 Libra
- 09:59 – 12:23 Scorpio
- 12:23 – 14:24 Sagittarius
- 14:24 – 15:57 Capricorn
- 15:57 – 17:12 Aquarius
- 17:12 – 18:25 Pisces
- 18:25 – 19:49 Aries
- 19:49 – 21:39 Taurus
- 21:39 – 23:56 Gemini
- 23:56 – 02:26 next day Cancer
- 02:26 – 04:56 next day Leo
- 04:56 – 07:20 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