Washington panchang, 2 May 2027
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 03:54 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
06:10 to 20:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam 16:32 – 18:16
- Durmuhurta 18:09 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam 18:16 – 20:00
- 08:59 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:53 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
20:00 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:34 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 10:22
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:10 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 08:59
- Karana Balava until 10:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:59 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:53 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:59 – 08:09 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:09 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:16 – 20:00
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. 04:49 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:10 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:10 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:38 – 11:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:21 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:26 Pisces
- 05:26 – 06:51 Aries
- 06:51 – 08:40 Taurus
- 08:40 – 10:58 Gemini
- 10:58 – 13:28 Cancer
- 13:28 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 23:21 Scorpio
- 23:21 – 01:22 next day Sagittarius
- 01:22 – 02:54 next day Capricorn
- 02:54 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:23 next day Pisces
- 05:23 – 06:09 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