Washington panchang, 30 October 2026
Sunrise 07:34 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 22:04 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
07:34 to 18:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:53 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam 11:32 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 13:12 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 16:49
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:08 to 07:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 07:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:27 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 09:55
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 11:11
- Karana Taitila until 09:55, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 07:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:27 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:12 – 13:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 16:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:30 – 18:22 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. 05:47 – 06:40
- 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 18:08 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:55 – 07:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:42 – 07:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:42 – 07:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:34 – 08:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:32 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:51 – 14:10 | Good |
| Rog | 14:10 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 23:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:11 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:35 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
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 06:33 Virgo
- 06:33 – 09:04 Libra
- 09:04 – 11:28 Scorpio
- 11:28 – 13:29 Sagittarius
- 13:29 – 15:02 Capricorn
- 15:02 – 16:17 Aquarius
- 16:17 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 18:54 Aries
- 18:54 – 20:44 Taurus
- 20:44 – 23:01 Gemini
- 23:01 – 01:31 next day Cancer
- 01:31 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 06:29 next day Virgo
- 06:29 – 07:35 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