Washington panchang, 12 April 2027
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 10:32 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
06:37 to 19:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 11:31 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:04
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:41 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:29 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:05
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:43 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:18
- Karana Taitila until 10:05, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:29 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:18 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:04
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. 05:09 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:31 | Good |
| Rog | 11:31 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:41 | Good |
| Char | 19:41 – 21:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:14 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:32 Aquarius
- 05:32 – 06:45 Pisces
- 06:45 – 08:09 Aries
- 08:09 – 09:59 Taurus
- 09:59 – 12:16 Gemini
- 12:16 – 14:46 Cancer
- 14:46 – 17:16 Leo
- 17:16 – 19:44 Virgo
- 19:44 – 22:15 Libra
- 22:15 – 00:39 next day Scorpio
- 00:39 – 02:40 next day Sagittarius
- 02:40 – 04:13 next day Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:28 next day Aquarius
- 05:28 – 06:36 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