Washington panchang, 8 October 2027
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 15:21 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
07:11 to 18:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:15
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 13:18 – 14:04
- Yamaganda 15:47 – 17:13
- 10:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:39 to 07:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:48 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 04:22 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:18 – 14:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:13
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. 05:31 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 21:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 07:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:48 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:11 – 08:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:55 – 14:21 | Good |
| Rog | 14:21 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:47 – 23:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 05:32 Leo
- 05:32 – 08:01 Virgo
- 08:01 – 10:31 Libra
- 10:31 – 12:56 Scorpio
- 12:56 – 14:57 Sagittarius
- 14:57 – 16:29 Capricorn
- 16:29 – 17:45 Aquarius
- 17:45 – 18:57 Pisces
- 18:57 – 20:22 Aries
- 20:22 – 22:11 Taurus
- 22:11 – 00:29 next day Gemini
- 00:29 – 02:59 next day Cancer
- 02:59 – 05:28 next day Leo
- 05:28 – 07:12 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