Washington panchang, 26 October 2026
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 18:17 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
07:30 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 11:31 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 13:13 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 14:12 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:21 – 16:04
- 08:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 10:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:13 to 07:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:23 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:32
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 08:11 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:23 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 10:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:23 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:13 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:21 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:23 – 21:48 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. 05:44 – 06:37
- 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 18:13 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:30 – 08:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:31 | Good |
| Rog | 11:31 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:11 – 05:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:51 – 07:31 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:49 Virgo
- 06:49 – 09:19 Libra
- 09:19 – 11:44 Scorpio
- 11:44 – 13:45 Sagittarius
- 13:45 – 15:18 Capricorn
- 15:18 – 16:33 Aquarius
- 16:33 – 17:46 Pisces
- 17:46 – 19:10 Aries
- 19:10 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:17 Gemini
- 23:17 – 01:47 next day Cancer
- 01:47 – 04:16 next day Leo
- 04:16 – 06:45 next day Virgo
- 06:45 – 07:31 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