Washington panchang, 18 April 2027
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 17:43 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
06:28 to 19:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 16:27 – 18:07
- Durmuhurta 18:00 – 18:53
- Rahu Kalam 18:07 – 19:46
- 09:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:28 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
19:46 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:46 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:38 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:38
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 19:45 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:28
- Karana Kaulava until 09:24, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:28 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:38 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:28 – 16:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:00 – 18:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:07 – 19:46
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. 05:03 – 05:45
- 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 19:46 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 19:45
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 19:45 – 06:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:45 – 06:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:45 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:28 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:09 Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:21 Pisces
- 06:21 – 07:46 Aries
- 07:46 – 09:35 Taurus
- 09:35 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:52 Leo
- 16:52 – 19:21 Virgo
- 19:21 – 21:51 Libra
- 21:51 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:17 next day Sagittarius
- 02:17 – 03:50 next day Capricorn
- 03:50 – 05:05 next day Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:18 next day Pisces
- 06:18 – 06:27 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