Washington panchang, 15 October 2027
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 18:14 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
07:18 to 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:42 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 14:00
- Yamaganda 15:41 – 17:04
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:59 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:28 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:47
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:59 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 04:59 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:47, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:59 Moon enters Aries
- 21:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 14:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:41 – 17:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:59 – 06:11 next day
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. 05:36 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 21:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:18 – 13:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 13:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:47 – 07:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:53 – 14:17 | Good |
| Rog | 14:17 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:41 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:05 – 21:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:41 – 23:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:17 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:06 – 05:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 10:04 Libra
- 10:04 – 12:28 Scorpio
- 12:28 – 14:29 Sagittarius
- 14:29 – 16:02 Capricorn
- 16:02 – 17:17 Aquarius
- 17:17 – 18:30 Pisces
- 18:30 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 21:44 Taurus
- 21:44 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 02:31 next day Cancer
- 02:31 – 05:01 next day Leo
- 05:01 – 07:19 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