Washington panchang, 28 February 2027
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 01:45 Magha 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
06:43 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 17:58
- 11:58 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:58 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:16
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:57 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 11:58
- Karana Kaulava until 13:16, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:58 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:58 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 17:58
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:43 – 05:57 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. 05:01 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 06:41 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:43 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:32 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:31 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:41 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
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:06 Capricorn
- 06:06 – 07:21 Aquarius
- 07:21 – 08:34 Pisces
- 08:34 – 09:58 Aries
- 09:58 – 11:48 Taurus
- 11:48 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 16:35 Cancer
- 16:35 – 19:05 Leo
- 19:05 – 21:33 Virgo
- 21:33 – 00:04 next day Libra
- 00:04 – 02:28 next day Scorpio
- 02:28 – 04:30 next day Sagittarius
- 04:30 – 06:02 next day Capricorn
- 06:02 – 06:41 next day Aquarius
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