Washington panchang, 21 March 2027
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 18:50 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
07:11 to 19:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 16:17 – 17:48
- Durmuhurta 17:42 – 18:31
- Rahu Kalam 17:48 – 19:19
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:14 Moon enters Virgo
Night
19:19 to 07:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:52
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 07:28
- Karana Vanija until 08:52, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:14 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:28 – 09:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:52 – 18:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:42 – 18:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:48 – 19:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 14:28 – 16:25
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. 05:36 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 12:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:42 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:17 | Good |
| Rog | 16:17 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:09 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
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 05:44 Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:59 Aquarius
- 06:59 – 08:12 Pisces
- 08:12 – 09:36 Aries
- 09:36 – 11:25 Taurus
- 11:25 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 16:13 Cancer
- 16:13 – 18:42 Leo
- 18:42 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:07 next day Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:55 next day Aquarius
- 06:55 – 07:09 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