Washington panchang, 27 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 11:52 Magha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:50 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:07
- 08:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:22 to 07:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:35
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:57 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 16:43
- Karana Kaulava until 08:35, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:07
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. 05:27 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 22:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:19 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:35 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Char | 09:50 – 11:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:05 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:07 | Good |
| Rog | 16:07 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:07 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:18 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:38 Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 08:11 Capricorn
- 08:11 – 09:26 Aquarius
- 09:26 – 10:39 Pisces
- 10:39 – 12:03 Aries
- 12:03 – 13:53 Taurus
- 13:53 – 16:10 Gemini
- 16:10 – 18:40 Cancer
- 18:40 – 21:10 Leo
- 21:10 – 23:38 Virgo
- 23:38 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:33 next day Scorpio
- 04:33 – 06:34 next day Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 07:18 next day Capricorn
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method