Washington panchang, 27 November 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 20:03 Kartika 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
07:05 to 16:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:20 – 15:33
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
16:46 to 07:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:52 Moon enters Cancer
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 06:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:10
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:20 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 13:21
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:52 Moon enters Cancer
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 06:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:33
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:20 – 07:06 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. 05:10 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:05 – 02:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:05 – 08:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:17 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:20 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:21 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:18 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:13 Libra
- 06:13 – 08:38 Scorpio
- 08:38 – 10:39 Sagittarius
- 10:39 – 12:12 Capricorn
- 12:12 – 13:27 Aquarius
- 13:27 – 14:40 Pisces
- 14:40 – 16:04 Aries
- 16:04 – 17:54 Taurus
- 17:54 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:41 Cancer
- 22:41 – 01:10 next day Leo
- 01:10 – 03:39 next day Virgo
- 03:39 – 06:10 next day Libra
- 06:10 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
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