Washington panchang, 4 October 2027
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 12:18 Ashwin 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
07:07 to 18:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:02
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 13:19 – 14:06
- Gulika Kalam 14:23 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:39 – 16:25
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:45 to 07:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:45 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:13 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:06
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 02:13 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:13 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:19 – 14:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:39 – 16:25
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. 05:29 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 21:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:07 – 15:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:14 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:45 | Good |
| Char | 18:45 – 20:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:18 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:51 – 23:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:24 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:57 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:29 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:48 Leo
- 05:48 – 08:16 Virgo
- 08:16 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 13:11 Scorpio
- 13:11 – 15:12 Sagittarius
- 15:12 – 16:45 Capricorn
- 16:45 – 18:00 Aquarius
- 18:00 – 19:13 Pisces
- 19:13 – 20:37 Aries
- 20:37 – 22:27 Taurus
- 22:27 – 00:44 next day Gemini
- 00:44 – 03:14 next day Cancer
- 03:14 – 05:44 next day Leo
- 05:44 – 07:08 next day Virgo
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