Washington panchang, 17 October 2027
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 19:23 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
07:20 to 18:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 12:53 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 15:39 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:57 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:25
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:34 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:25 to 07:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:13
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:48 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:13, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:34 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:31 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:39 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:57 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:48 – 23:47 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:20 – 14:34
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. 05:37 – 06:29
- 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 18:25 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:43 – 10:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:06 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 12:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:53 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:16 – 15:39 | Good |
| Rog | 15:39 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:39 | Good |
| Char | 21:39 – 23:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:16 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 – 05:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 07:25 Virgo
- 07:25 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 12:20 Scorpio
- 12:20 – 14:21 Sagittarius
- 14:21 – 15:54 Capricorn
- 15:54 – 17:09 Aquarius
- 17:09 – 18:22 Pisces
- 18:22 – 19:46 Aries
- 19:46 – 21:36 Taurus
- 21:36 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 02:23 next day Cancer
- 02:23 – 04:53 next day Leo
- 04:53 – 07:21 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