Washington panchang, 31 January 2027
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 02:56 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
07:16 to 17:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 12:21 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:26
- 09:04 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:26 to 07:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:26 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:11
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:26 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:04, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:26 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:26 – 10:02 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:16 – 19:58
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:58 – 07:15 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. 05:25 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 09:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:49 – 11:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:05 – 12:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:21 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:38 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:26 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:10 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:32 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:24 Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 07:56 Capricorn
- 07:56 – 09:12 Aquarius
- 09:12 – 10:24 Pisces
- 10:24 – 11:49 Aries
- 11:49 – 13:38 Taurus
- 13:38 – 15:56 Gemini
- 15:56 – 18:26 Cancer
- 18:26 – 20:55 Leo
- 20:55 – 23:23 Virgo
- 23:23 – 01:54 next day Libra
- 01:54 – 04:18 next day Scorpio
- 04:18 – 06:20 next day Sagittarius
- 06:20 – 07:15 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