Washington panchang, 1 January 2027
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 01:55 Margashirsha 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
07:28 to 16:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam 11:00 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:44
- 15:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:55 to 07:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:49 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:58 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:13, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:44
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. 05:31 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:54 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:28 – 08:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:38 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 11:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:00 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Char | 15:44 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:44 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:00 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:22 Pisces
- 12:22 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:36 Taurus
- 15:36 – 17:54 Gemini
- 17:54 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 22:53 Leo
- 22:53 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 07:28 next day Sagittarius
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