Washington panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 14:39 Ashwin month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 18:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam 15:38 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 17:01 – 18:24
- 10:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:24 to 07:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 01:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:26
- Karana Vishti until 12:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:38 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:01 – 18:24
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. 05:38 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:21 – 06:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:21 – 08:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:44 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:15 – 15:38 | Good |
| Rog | 15:38 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:24 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:38 | Good |
| Char | 21:38 – 23:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:16 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:45 – 07:22 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
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 07:20 Virgo
- 07:20 – 09:51 Libra
- 09:51 – 12:15 Scorpio
- 12:15 – 14:16 Sagittarius
- 14:16 – 15:49 Capricorn
- 15:49 – 17:04 Aquarius
- 17:04 – 18:17 Pisces
- 18:17 – 19:41 Aries
- 19:41 – 21:31 Taurus
- 21:31 – 23:48 Gemini
- 23:48 – 02:18 next day Cancer
- 02:18 – 04:48 next day Leo
- 04:48 – 07:16 next day Virgo
- 07:16 – 07:22 next day Libra
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