Washington panchang, 8 April 2027
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 07:12 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
06:43 to 19:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:01 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 17:02
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
19:37 to 06:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:40
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 08:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 17:55
- Karana Kaulava until 17:40, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:01 – 11:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 17:02
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. 05:14 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:37 – 21:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 08:29
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:20 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:00 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:55 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:18 – 06:41 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
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:48 Aquarius
- 05:48 – 07:01 Pisces
- 07:01 – 08:25 Aries
- 08:25 – 10:15 Taurus
- 10:15 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 15:02 Cancer
- 15:02 – 17:31 Leo
- 17:31 – 20:00 Virgo
- 20:00 – 22:31 Libra
- 22:31 – 00:55 next day Scorpio
- 00:55 – 02:56 next day Sagittarius
- 02:56 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 06:41 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