Washington panchang, 16 August 2027
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 19:45 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
06:23 to 20:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:17
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
20:00 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:28 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:10
- Karana Vishti until 14:15, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:17
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. 05:00 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 14:04
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 14:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:47 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 20:00 | Good |
| Char | 20:00 – 21:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:31 Cancer
- 06:31 – 09:00 Leo
- 09:00 – 11:29 Virgo
- 11:29 – 13:59 Libra
- 13:59 – 16:24 Scorpio
- 16:24 – 18:25 Sagittarius
- 18:25 – 19:58 Capricorn
- 19:58 – 21:13 Aquarius
- 21:13 – 22:26 Pisces
- 22:26 – 23:50 Aries
- 23:50 – 01:40 next day Taurus
- 01:40 – 03:57 next day Gemini
- 03:57 – 06:24 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