Washington panchang, 13 January 2027
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 10:16 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 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:29
- 11:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 07:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:29 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 06:52 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:05, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:29
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:34 – 07:26 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:29 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:26 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 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:33 Scorpio
- 05:33 – 07:34 Sagittarius
- 07:34 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 12:59 Aries
- 12:59 – 14:49 Taurus
- 14:49 – 17:06 Gemini
- 17:06 – 19:36 Cancer
- 19:36 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 05:29 next day Scorpio
- 05:29 – 07:26 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