Washington panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 15:10 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
07:22 to 18:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 13:14 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 14:15 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta 15:26 – 16:10
- 14:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:22 to 07:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 03:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:32 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Balava until 14:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:14 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:05 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:26 – 16:10
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:22 – 07:55
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. 05:39 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:22 – 07:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 07:23 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:55 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Char | 14:15 – 15:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:37 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:38 – 23:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:15 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:08 – 05:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:46 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 07:16 Virgo
- 07:16 – 09:47 Libra
- 09:47 – 12:11 Scorpio
- 12:11 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 15:45 Capricorn
- 15:45 – 17:00 Aquarius
- 17:00 – 18:13 Pisces
- 18:13 – 19:37 Aries
- 19:37 – 21:27 Taurus
- 21:27 – 23:44 Gemini
- 23:44 – 02:14 next day Cancer
- 02:14 – 04:44 next day Leo
- 04:44 – 07:12 next day Virgo
- 07:12 – 07:23 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