Washington panchang, 31 October 2026
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 23:18 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
07:35 to 18:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 14:10 – 15:29
- 08:01 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:30 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:07 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:09 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:09 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:22 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:09 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 08:01
- Karana Vishti until 18:22, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:01 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:30 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:09 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:09 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:30 – 18:22
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 – 06:41
- 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 18:07 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:35 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:35 – 08:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:32 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Char | 12:51 – 14:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:10 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 23:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:10 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:52 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:36 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
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 06:29 Virgo
- 06:29 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 11:24 Scorpio
- 11:24 – 13:25 Sagittarius
- 13:25 – 14:58 Capricorn
- 14:58 – 16:13 Aquarius
- 16:13 – 17:26 Pisces
- 17:26 – 18:50 Aries
- 18:50 – 20:40 Taurus
- 20:40 – 22:57 Gemini
- 22:57 – 01:27 next day Cancer
- 01:27 – 02:57 next day Leo
- 02:57 – 05:25 next day Virgo
- 05:25 – 06:36 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