Washington panchang, 8 March 2027
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 06:27 Phalguna 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
06:31 to 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:52 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:47
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:10 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:06 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:11 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:13
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:54, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:10 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:47
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. 04:52 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:52 | Good |
| Rog | 10:52 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:30 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:35 Capricorn
- 05:35 – 06:50 Aquarius
- 06:50 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:34 Gemini
- 13:34 – 16:04 Cancer
- 16:04 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 21:02 Virgo
- 21:02 – 23:32 Libra
- 23:32 – 01:57 next day Scorpio
- 01:57 – 03:58 next day Sagittarius
- 03:58 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:30 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