Washington panchang, 24 March 2027
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 19:22 Moonrise 22:19 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
07:06 to 19:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:46
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:22 to 07:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:22 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 03:08 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:02
- Karana Vanija until 15:21, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:46
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. 05:32 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:22 – 21:43
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:05 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:47 Aquarius
- 06:47 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 23:30 Libra
- 23:30 – 01:54 next day Scorpio
- 01:54 – 03:55 next day Sagittarius
- 03:55 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:43 next day Aquarius
- 06:43 – 07:05 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