Washington panchang, 18 March 2027
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 15:09 Phalguna month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 19:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:52
- 16:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 16:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
19:16 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 16:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 17:51 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:04
- Karana Vishti until 16:21, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 16:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:37 – 16:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:52
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. 05:40 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:16 – 21:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:16 – 17:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 17:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 17:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:46 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:46 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:15 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:14 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 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:55 Capricorn
- 05:55 – 07:11 Aquarius
- 07:11 – 08:23 Pisces
- 08:23 – 09:48 Aries
- 09:48 – 11:37 Taurus
- 11:37 – 13:55 Gemini
- 13:55 – 16:25 Cancer
- 16:25 – 18:54 Leo
- 18:54 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 23:53 Libra
- 23:53 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:19 next day Sagittarius
- 04:19 – 05:51 next day Capricorn
- 05:51 – 07:07 next day Aquarius
- 07:07 – 07:14 next day Pisces
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method