Washington panchang, 18 November 2027
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 21:23 Kartika month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 16:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:51
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
16:51 to 06:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:27 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 17:27
- Karana Taitila until 12:57, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:27 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:51
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:44 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:45 – 02:43 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. 05:02 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:55 – 15:22
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:55 – 15:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:55 – 12:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:22 – 06:56 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:22 – 06:56 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:22 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:55 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:09 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:22 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:36 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:36 – 20:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:22 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:08 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:56 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
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:50 Libra
- 06:50 – 09:14 Scorpio
- 09:14 – 11:15 Sagittarius
- 11:15 – 12:48 Capricorn
- 12:48 – 14:04 Aquarius
- 14:04 – 15:16 Pisces
- 15:16 – 16:40 Aries
- 16:40 – 18:30 Taurus
- 18:30 – 20:48 Gemini
- 20:48 – 23:17 Cancer
- 23:17 – 01:47 next day Leo
- 01:47 – 04:15 next day Virgo
- 04:15 – 06:46 next day Libra
- 06:46 – 06:56 next day Scorpio
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method