Washington panchang, 16 January 2027
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 11:34 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 17:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:43
- 13:08 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:09 to 07:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:53 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 01:57 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 13:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:53 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:08 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:53 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:43
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:10 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 22:10 – 00:10 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. 05:31 – 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 17:09 – 20:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:26 – 01:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:08 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:25 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
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:23 Sagittarius
- 07:23 – 08:55 Capricorn
- 08:55 – 10:11 Aquarius
- 10:11 – 11:23 Pisces
- 11:23 – 12:47 Aries
- 12:47 – 14:37 Taurus
- 14:37 – 16:55 Gemini
- 16:55 – 19:25 Cancer
- 19:25 – 21:54 Leo
- 21:54 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 05:17 next day Scorpio
- 05:17 – 07:19 next day Sagittarius
- 07:19 – 07:25 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