Washington panchang, 7 April 2027
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 06:42 Chaitra 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
06:45 to 19:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:34 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:47
- 07:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:55 Moon enters Aries
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:59 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:36 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:59
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 20:06
- Karana Kimstughna until 07:28, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:55 Moon enters Aries
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:56 – 20:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:06 – 21:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 08:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:55 – 06:43 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. 05:15 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:59 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:34 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:36 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:20 – 06:43 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:52 Aquarius
- 05:52 – 07:05 Pisces
- 07:05 – 08:29 Aries
- 08:29 – 10:19 Taurus
- 10:19 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 15:06 Cancer
- 15:06 – 17:35 Leo
- 17:35 – 20:04 Virgo
- 20:04 – 22:34 Libra
- 22:34 – 00:59 next day Scorpio
- 00:59 – 03:00 next day Sagittarius
- 03:00 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 05:48 next day Aquarius
- 05:48 – 06:43 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