Washington panchang, 20 October 2027
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 22:08 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
07:23 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:14
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:02 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:21 to 07:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:13 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 19:12
- Karana Gara until 17:02, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:35 – 08:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:14
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. 05:39 – 06:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:23 – 13:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:00 – 07:24 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:13 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Char | 15:37 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:37 – 23:15 | Good |
| Char | 23:15 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 07:13 Virgo
- 07:13 – 09:44 Libra
- 09:44 – 12:08 Scorpio
- 12:08 – 14:10 Sagittarius
- 14:10 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 16:58 Aquarius
- 16:58 – 18:10 Pisces
- 18:10 – 19:34 Aries
- 19:34 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:42 Gemini
- 23:42 – 02:12 next day Cancer
- 02:12 – 04:41 next day Leo
- 04:41 – 07:09 next day Virgo
- 07:09 – 07:24 next day Libra
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