Washington panchang, 15 January 2027
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 11:04 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
07:26 to 17:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:04 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 15:56
- 13:21 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:21 Moon enters Aries
- 15:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:08 to 07:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:08 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 03:13 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:34, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:21 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:21 Moon enters Aries
- 15:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:43 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 15:56
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) 11:58 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 20:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:26 – 13:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 13:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:21 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:26 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:04 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:56 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:27 Pisces
- 11:27 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 14:41 Taurus
- 14:41 – 16:58 Gemini
- 16:58 – 19:28 Cancer
- 19:28 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:57 next day Libra
- 02:57 – 05:21 next day Scorpio
- 05:21 – 07:23 next day Sagittarius
- 07:23 – 07:26 next day Capricorn
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