Washington panchang, 21 January 2027
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 16:22 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
07:23 to 17:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:17
- 07:38 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:15 to 07:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:15 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 07:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:38
- Karana Vanija until 11:00, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:38 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:40 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 07:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:53 – 07:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:38 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:40 – 21:08
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. 05:30 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:23 – 23:55
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:23 – 23:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:00 – 07:17 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 23:55 – 07:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:55 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:37 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:01 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:01 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:23 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
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 09:51 Aquarius
- 09:51 – 11:04 Pisces
- 11:04 – 12:28 Aries
- 12:28 – 14:17 Taurus
- 14:17 – 16:35 Gemini
- 16:35 – 19:05 Cancer
- 19:05 – 21:34 Leo
- 21:34 – 00:03 next day Virgo
- 00:03 – 02:33 next day Libra
- 02:33 – 04:58 next day Scorpio
- 04:58 – 06:59 next day Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 07:23 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