Washington panchang, 18 August 2027
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 20:30 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
06:25 to 19:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:53
- 16:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:57 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:46 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:52
- Karana Taitila until 18:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:53
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. 05:02 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:57 – 22:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:25 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:23 Cancer
- 06:23 – 08:52 Leo
- 08:52 – 11:21 Virgo
- 11:21 – 13:52 Libra
- 13:52 – 16:16 Scorpio
- 16:16 – 18:17 Sagittarius
- 18:17 – 19:50 Capricorn
- 19:50 – 21:05 Aquarius
- 21:05 – 22:18 Pisces
- 22:18 – 23:42 Aries
- 23:42 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:49 next day Gemini
- 03:49 – 06:19 next day Cancer
- 06:19 – 06:26 next day Leo
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