Washington panchang, 8 May 2027
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 07:20 Vaishakha 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
06:03 to 20:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:35
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
20:06 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:33
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:07
- Karana Taitila until 12:54, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:35
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. 04:44 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:06 – 22:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:03 – 12:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 12:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:23 – 06:02 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:33 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:49 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:19 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:20 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 23:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:19 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:03 Pisces
- 05:03 – 06:27 Aries
- 06:27 – 08:17 Taurus
- 08:17 – 10:34 Gemini
- 10:34 – 13:04 Cancer
- 13:04 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 18:02 Virgo
- 18:02 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 22:57 Scorpio
- 22:57 – 00:58 next day Sagittarius
- 00:58 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 03:46 next day Aquarius
- 03:46 – 04:59 next day Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:02 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