Washington panchang, 20 April 2027
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 20:00 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
06:26 to 19:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:46 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 18:08
- 06:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:01 Moon enters Libra
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
19:48 to 06:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:27
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 08:17
- Karana Vishti until 06:51, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:01 Moon enters Libra
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 06:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:17 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 18:08
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. 05:00 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:26 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:06 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Char | 09:46 – 11:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:27 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 18:08 | Good |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:45 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:24 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
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 05:01 Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:14 Pisces
- 06:14 – 07:38 Aries
- 07:38 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:44 Leo
- 16:44 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 21:43 Libra
- 21:43 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:09 next day Sagittarius
- 02:09 – 03:42 next day Capricorn
- 03:42 – 04:57 next day Aquarius
- 04:57 – 06:10 next day Pisces
- 06:10 – 06:24 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