Washington panchang, 17 April 2027
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 16:34 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
06:30 to 19:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam 09:49 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:26
- 11:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
19:45 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:22 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:12
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 20:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:54
- Karana Bava until 11:04, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:22 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:26
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:36 – 06:28 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. 05:04 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:49 | Good |
| Rog | 09:49 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:28 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 18:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:06 – 19:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:45 – 21:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:27 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:28 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:13 Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:25 Pisces
- 06:25 – 07:50 Aries
- 07:50 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:57 Gemini
- 11:57 – 14:27 Cancer
- 14:27 – 16:56 Leo
- 16:56 – 19:25 Virgo
- 19:25 – 21:55 Libra
- 21:55 – 00:20 next day Scorpio
- 00:20 – 02:21 next day Sagittarius
- 02:21 – 03:53 next day Capricorn
- 03:53 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:21 next day Pisces
- 06:21 – 06:28 next day Aries
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