Washington panchang, 27 April 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 16:14 Vaishakha 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
06:16 to 19:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 11:23 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:11
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:05 Moon enters Virgo
Night
19:55 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:55 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:46
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:05
- Karana Vishti until 08:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:05 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:01 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:38 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:05 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:11
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. 04:53 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:55 – 21:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:41 – 11:23 | Good |
| Rog | 11:23 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:55 | Good |
| Char | 19:55 – 21:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:22 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:45 Pisces
- 05:45 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 08:59 Taurus
- 08:59 – 11:16 Gemini
- 11:16 – 13:46 Cancer
- 13:46 – 16:16 Leo
- 16:16 – 18:44 Virgo
- 18:44 – 21:15 Libra
- 21:15 – 23:39 Scorpio
- 23:39 – 01:40 next day Sagittarius
- 01:40 – 03:13 next day Capricorn
- 03:13 – 04:29 next day Aquarius
- 04:29 – 05:41 next day Pisces
- 05:41 – 06:15 next day Aries
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