Washington panchang, 4 August 2027
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 08:52 Shravana 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
06:12 to 20:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:59
- 09:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:15 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:19 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:39
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 23:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 21:18
- Karana Taitila until 09:11, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:19 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:57 – 11:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:59
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. 04:53 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:15 – 22:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:49 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:29 – 20:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 07:18 Cancer
- 07:18 – 09:48 Leo
- 09:48 – 12:16 Virgo
- 12:16 – 14:47 Libra
- 14:47 – 17:11 Scorpio
- 17:11 – 19:12 Sagittarius
- 19:12 – 20:45 Capricorn
- 20:45 – 22:00 Aquarius
- 22:00 – 23:13 Pisces
- 23:13 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 02:27 next day Taurus
- 02:27 – 04:44 next day Gemini
- 04:44 – 06:13 next day Cancer
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