Washington panchang, 18 May 2027
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 18:54 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
05:54 to 20:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 09:29 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:27
- 06:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:25 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:15 to 05:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:34
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:49 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:25
- Karana Taitila until 06:34, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:25 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:27
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 – 05:15
- 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 20:15 – 22:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 06:34
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Char | 09:29 – 11:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:27 | Good |
| Rog | 18:27 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:29 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:41 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:48 Aries
- 05:48 – 07:37 Taurus
- 07:37 – 09:55 Gemini
- 09:55 – 12:25 Cancer
- 12:25 – 14:54 Leo
- 14:54 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 19:53 Libra
- 19:53 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:19 next day Sagittarius
- 00:19 – 01:52 next day Capricorn
- 01:52 – 03:07 next day Aquarius
- 03:07 – 04:20 next day Pisces
- 04:20 – 05:44 next day Aries
- 05:44 – 05:53 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