Washington panchang, 31 March 2027
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 03:44 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
06:55 to 19:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:38 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:46
- 12:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:29 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 23:22
- Karana Gara until 12:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 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. 05:24 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:29 – 21:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 06:54 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 07:32 Pisces
- 07:32 – 08:57 Aries
- 08:57 – 10:46 Taurus
- 10:46 – 13:04 Gemini
- 13:04 – 15:34 Cancer
- 15:34 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 23:02 Libra
- 23:02 – 01:27 next day Scorpio
- 01:27 – 03:28 next day Sagittarius
- 03:28 – 05:00 next day Capricorn
- 05:00 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
- 06:16 – 06:54 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