Washington panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 16:02 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
07:24 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:46 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:14
- 10:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:20 to 07:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 05:18 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 15:03
- Karana Vanija until 17:06, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:06 – 05:18 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:24 – 10:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 09:33 – 11:42
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. 05:40 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:20 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 10:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:36 – 23:14 | Good |
| Char | 23:14 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:08 Virgo
- 07:08 – 09:39 Libra
- 09:39 – 12:03 Scorpio
- 12:03 – 14:05 Sagittarius
- 14:05 – 15:37 Capricorn
- 15:37 – 16:53 Aquarius
- 16:53 – 18:05 Pisces
- 18:05 – 19:30 Aries
- 19:30 – 21:19 Taurus
- 21:19 – 23:37 Gemini
- 23:37 – 02:07 next day Cancer
- 02:07 – 04:36 next day Leo
- 04:36 – 07:05 next day Virgo
- 07:05 – 07:25 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