Washington panchang, 12 January 2027
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 09:54 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
07:27 to 17:05- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 09:52 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:16 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:41 – 15:53
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:50 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:05 to 07:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 07:24 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:32 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:44 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:27
- Karana Bava until 13:50, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 07:24 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:08 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:24 – 19:08 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:27 – 09:44
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:44 – 07:27 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. 05:32 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 09:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:27 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:39 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Char | 09:52 – 11:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:04 – 12:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:16 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 15:53 | Good |
| Rog | 15:53 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:41 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:27 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
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:37 Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:38 Sagittarius
- 07:38 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 10:26 Aquarius
- 10:26 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 14:53 Taurus
- 14:53 – 17:10 Gemini
- 17:10 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:38 next day Virgo
- 00:38 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:33 next day Scorpio
- 05:33 – 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