Washington panchang, 27 October 2026
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 18:58 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
07:31 to 18:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:22
- Yamaganda 10:11 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 12:51 – 14:11
- Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 16:52
- 08:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:36 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:12 to 07:32 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 18:37
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:56 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:48
- Karana Taitila until 08:06, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 18:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:23 – 21:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 16:52
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. 05:44 – 06:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:31 – 03:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:37 – 07:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:31 – 08:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Char | 10:11 – 11:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:31 – 12:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:51 – 14:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:11 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 16:52 | Good |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:52 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 04:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:12 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:32 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:45 Virgo
- 06:45 – 09:15 Libra
- 09:15 – 11:40 Scorpio
- 11:40 – 13:41 Sagittarius
- 13:41 – 15:14 Capricorn
- 15:14 – 16:29 Aquarius
- 16:29 – 17:42 Pisces
- 17:42 – 19:06 Aries
- 19:06 – 20:56 Taurus
- 20:56 – 23:13 Gemini
- 23:13 – 01:43 next day Cancer
- 01:43 – 04:12 next day Leo
- 04:12 – 06:41 next day Virgo
- 06:41 – 07:32 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