Washington panchang, 5 November 2027
Sunrise 07:40 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 13:50 Kartika 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
07:40 to 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:26
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 13:12 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:44
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 11:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 14:39 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:02 to 07:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:52 – 06:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 14:39
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 11:24
- Karana Vanija until 14:39, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 11:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 14:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:26
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:24 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:12 – 13:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:45 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:36 – 05:54 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. 05:51 – 06:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:49 – 07:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:40 – 08:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:51 – 14:09 | Good |
| Rog | 14:09 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 23:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:09 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:52 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:41 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
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:51 – 06:10 Virgo
- 06:10 – 08:41 Libra
- 08:41 – 11:05 Scorpio
- 11:05 – 13:07 Sagittarius
- 13:07 – 14:39 Capricorn
- 14:39 – 15:55 Aquarius
- 15:55 – 17:07 Pisces
- 17:07 – 18:32 Aries
- 18:32 – 20:21 Taurus
- 20:21 – 22:39 Gemini
- 22:39 – 01:09 next day Cancer
- 01:09 – 03:38 next day Leo
- 03:38 – 06:07 next day Virgo
- 06:07 – 07:41 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