Washington panchang, 9 January 2027
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 08:42 Pausha 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 17:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:39
Night
17:02 to 07:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:32 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 20:37
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:42 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 06:32 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 20:37, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 20:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:32 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:45 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:39
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. 05:32 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 04:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:42 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:39 – 15:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:50 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:38 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:27 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:50 Sagittarius
- 07:50 – 09:23 Capricorn
- 09:23 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 11:51 Pisces
- 11:51 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:05 Taurus
- 15:05 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 22:21 Leo
- 22:21 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:27 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