Washington panchang, 22 October 2026
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 16:26 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
07:25 to 18:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 11:03 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:13 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:24 – 16:08
- 11:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:09 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:18 to 07:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:34 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 05:06 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:09
- Karana Bava until 17:18, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:09 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:34 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:03 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:24 – 16:08
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. 05:41 – 06:33
- 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 18:18 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:09 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 12:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:52 – 14:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:13 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:35 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:14 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:48 – 07:27 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
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 07:05 Virgo
- 07:05 – 09:35 Libra
- 09:35 – 12:00 Scorpio
- 12:00 – 14:01 Sagittarius
- 14:01 – 15:33 Capricorn
- 15:33 – 16:49 Aquarius
- 16:49 – 18:01 Pisces
- 18:01 – 19:26 Aries
- 19:26 – 21:15 Taurus
- 21:15 – 23:33 Gemini
- 23:33 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 04:32 next day Leo
- 04:32 – 07:01 next day Virgo
- 07:01 – 07:27 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