Washington panchang, 29 March 2027
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 02:22 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
06:58 to 19:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:57
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:27 to 06:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:24 Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 07:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:48 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 21:24
- Karana Bava until 07:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:24 Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:24 – 09:54 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:48 – 06:57 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. 05:26 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:27 – 21:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:27 | Good |
| Char | 19:27 – 20:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:27 Aquarius
- 06:27 – 07:40 Pisces
- 07:40 – 09:04 Aries
- 09:04 – 10:54 Taurus
- 10:54 – 13:11 Gemini
- 13:11 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 18:11 Leo
- 18:11 – 20:39 Virgo
- 20:39 – 23:10 Libra
- 23:10 – 01:34 next day Scorpio
- 01:34 – 03:36 next day Sagittarius
- 03:36 – 05:08 next day Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
- 06:24 – 06:57 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