Washington panchang, 27 January 2027
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 23:43 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
07:19 to 17:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:36
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:22 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:38 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:28 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:24
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:26 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:49
- Karana Vanija until 17:24, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:38 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:28 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:36
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:28 – 08:28 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. 05:27 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 13:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:26 – 07:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:24 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:39 Sagittarius
- 06:39 – 08:12 Capricorn
- 08:12 – 09:27 Aquarius
- 09:27 – 10:40 Pisces
- 10:40 – 12:04 Aries
- 12:04 – 13:54 Taurus
- 13:54 – 16:11 Gemini
- 16:11 – 18:41 Cancer
- 18:41 – 21:11 Leo
- 21:11 – 23:39 Virgo
- 23:39 – 02:10 next day Libra
- 02:10 – 04:34 next day Scorpio
- 04:34 – 06:35 next day Sagittarius
- 06:35 – 07:19 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