Washington panchang, 27 March 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 19:25 Moonrise 13:51 Chaitra 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
07:01 to 19:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:19 – 17:52
- 11:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
19:25 to 07:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:25 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 23:16
- Nakshatra Pushya until 05:20 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:40
- Karana Taitila until 11:54, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:52
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:01 – 05:20 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:20 – 07:00 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. 05:28 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:25 – 21:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:01 – 05:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:16 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:01 – 08:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:07 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Char | 17:52 – 19:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:06 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:33 – 07:00 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
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:34 Aquarius
- 06:34 – 07:47 Pisces
- 07:47 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:01 Taurus
- 11:01 – 13:18 Gemini
- 13:18 – 15:48 Cancer
- 15:48 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 23:17 Libra
- 23:17 – 01:41 next day Scorpio
- 01:41 – 03:42 next day Sagittarius
- 03:42 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
- 05:15 – 06:30 next day Aquarius
- 06:30 – 07:00 next day Pisces
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