Washington panchang, 29 October 2026
Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 20:53 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
07:33 to 18:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:12 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta 11:05 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:11 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:02
- 12:36 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:36 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:09 to 07:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:40
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 14:36
- Karana Balava until 12:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:36 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:36 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:05 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:02
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:33 – 23:34
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:34 – 07:34 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. 05:46 – 06:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:40 – 07:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:33 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:12 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Char | 11:32 – 12:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:51 – 14:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:11 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 23:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:11 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:13 – 05:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:34 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
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 06:37 Virgo
- 06:37 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:32 Scorpio
- 11:32 – 13:33 Sagittarius
- 13:33 – 15:06 Capricorn
- 15:06 – 16:21 Aquarius
- 16:21 – 17:34 Pisces
- 17:34 – 18:58 Aries
- 18:58 – 20:48 Taurus
- 20:48 – 23:05 Gemini
- 23:05 – 01:35 next day Cancer
- 01:35 – 04:04 next day Leo
- 04:04 – 06:33 next day Virgo
- 06:33 – 07:34 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