Washington panchang, 17 May 2027
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:14 Moonrise 17:47 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
05:55 to 20:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:17 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:22
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:03 Moon enters Libra
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:14 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:14 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:58
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:13 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:40
- Karana Balava until 06:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:03 Moon enters Libra
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:40 – 14:25 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:55 – 02:13 next day
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. 04:37 – 05:16
- 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 20:14 – 22:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:13 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:17 | Good |
| Rog | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 20:14 | Good |
| Char | 20:14 – 21:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:52 Aries
- 05:52 – 07:41 Taurus
- 07:41 – 09:59 Gemini
- 09:59 – 12:29 Cancer
- 12:29 – 14:58 Leo
- 14:58 – 17:27 Virgo
- 17:27 – 19:57 Libra
- 19:57 – 22:22 Scorpio
- 22:22 – 00:23 next day Sagittarius
- 00:23 – 01:55 next day Capricorn
- 01:55 – 03:11 next day Aquarius
- 03:11 – 04:24 next day Pisces
- 04:24 – 05:48 next day Aries
- 05:48 – 05:54 next day Taurus
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