Washington panchang, 23 October 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 16:49 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
07:27 to 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 13:13 – 13:57
- Yamaganda 15:34 – 16:56
- 11:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:17 to 07:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:07 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 04:07 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:38
- Karana Kaulava until 16:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:07 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:38 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:13 – 13:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:34 – 16:56
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 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:33 – 03:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:27 – 08:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:09 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:52 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:34 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:35 – 23:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:13 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:49 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 07:01 Virgo
- 07:01 – 09:31 Libra
- 09:31 – 11:56 Scorpio
- 11:56 – 13:57 Sagittarius
- 13:57 – 15:29 Capricorn
- 15:29 – 16:45 Aquarius
- 16:45 – 17:57 Pisces
- 17:57 – 19:22 Aries
- 19:22 – 21:11 Taurus
- 21:11 – 23:29 Gemini
- 23:29 – 01:59 next day Cancer
- 01:59 – 04:28 next day Leo
- 04:28 – 06:57 next day Virgo
- 06:57 – 07:28 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