Washington panchang, 28 April 2027
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 02:14 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
06:15 to 19:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:48
- 07:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:56 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:31 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:14
- Karana Balava until 16:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:48
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. 04:52 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:56 – 22:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 08:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:42 Pisces
- 05:42 – 07:06 Aries
- 07:06 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:14 Gemini
- 11:14 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:41 Virgo
- 18:41 – 21:12 Libra
- 21:12 – 23:36 Scorpio
- 23:36 – 01:38 next day Sagittarius
- 01:38 – 03:10 next day Capricorn
- 03:10 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:38 next day Pisces
- 05:38 – 06:14 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