Washington panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 15:37 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
07:23 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:19
- Yamaganda 10:08 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 12:52 – 14:14
- Rahu Kalam 15:37 – 16:59
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:06 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:21 to 07:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 04:42 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 15:20
- Karana Taitila until 16:06, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:14
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:20 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 16:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:32 – 07:24 next day
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 – 06:31
- 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 18:21 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:23 – 08:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Char | 10:08 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:52 – 14:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:14 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:37 – 16:59 | Good |
| Rog | 16:59 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:37 – 23:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:15 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:53 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:31 – 04:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:09 – 05:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:47 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 07:12 Virgo
- 07:12 – 09:43 Libra
- 09:43 – 12:07 Scorpio
- 12:07 – 14:09 Sagittarius
- 14:09 – 15:41 Capricorn
- 15:41 – 16:57 Aquarius
- 16:57 – 18:09 Pisces
- 18:09 – 19:33 Aries
- 19:33 – 21:23 Taurus
- 21:23 – 23:41 Gemini
- 23:41 – 02:10 next day Cancer
- 02:10 – 04:40 next day Leo
- 04:40 – 07:08 next day Virgo
- 07:08 – 07:24 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