Washington panchang, 24 October 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 17:14 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
07:28 to 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:10 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:13 – 15:34
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:16 to 07:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:26 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 02:26 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:31
- Karana Gara until 15:21, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:26 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:26 – 09:52 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:02 – 07:29 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. 05:42 – 06:35
- 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 18:16 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:28 – 02:26 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:02 – 07:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:10 | Good |
| Rog | 10:10 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:31 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Char | 12:52 – 14:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:13 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:34 – 23:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:13 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:31 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:10 – 05:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:29 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
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 06:57 Virgo
- 06:57 – 09:27 Libra
- 09:27 – 11:52 Scorpio
- 11:52 – 13:53 Sagittarius
- 13:53 – 15:25 Capricorn
- 15:25 – 16:41 Aquarius
- 16:41 – 17:53 Pisces
- 17:53 – 19:18 Aries
- 19:18 – 21:07 Taurus
- 21:07 – 23:25 Gemini
- 23:25 – 01:55 next day Cancer
- 01:55 – 04:24 next day Leo
- 04:24 – 06:53 next day Virgo
- 06:53 – 07:29 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