Washington panchang, 4 September 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 11:17 Bhadrapada 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
06:40 to 19:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:23
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:19
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:32 to 06:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:00 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 20:36
- Karana Bava until 14:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:19
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. 05:11 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 05:00 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 05:00 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:00 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:17 – 09:53 | Good |
| Rog | 09:53 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:43 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:32 – 20:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:41 next day | Good |
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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:16 Cancer
- 05:16 – 07:46 Leo
- 07:46 – 10:14 Virgo
- 10:14 – 12:45 Libra
- 12:45 – 15:09 Scorpio
- 15:09 – 17:10 Sagittarius
- 17:10 – 18:43 Capricorn
- 18:43 – 19:58 Aquarius
- 19:58 – 21:11 Pisces
- 21:11 – 22:35 Aries
- 22:35 – 00:25 next day Taurus
- 00:25 – 02:42 next day Gemini
- 02:42 – 05:12 next day Cancer
- 05:12 – 06:41 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