Washington panchang, 27 May 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 20:22 Moonrise 17:15 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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
05:48 to 20:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:54
- 09:30 Moon enters Libra
- 09:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
20:22 to 05:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:22 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:27
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:55
- Karana Bava until 09:37, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:30 Moon enters Libra
- 09:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:40 – 17:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:54
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. 04:32 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:22 – 22:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:48 – 22:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:22 – 21:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:33 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:11 Aries
- 05:11 – 07:01 Taurus
- 07:01 – 09:18 Gemini
- 09:18 – 11:48 Cancer
- 11:48 – 14:18 Leo
- 14:18 – 16:46 Virgo
- 16:46 – 19:17 Libra
- 19:17 – 21:41 Scorpio
- 21:41 – 23:43 Sagittarius
- 23:43 – 01:15 next day Capricorn
- 01:15 – 02:31 next day Aquarius
- 02:31 – 03:43 next day Pisces
- 03:43 – 05:08 next day Aries
- 05:08 – 05:47 next day Taurus
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