Washington panchang, 1 December 2027
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 10:14 Margashirsha 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
07:08 to 16:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:09
- 13:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
16:45 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 03:14 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 16:11
- Karana Vanija until 14:08, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:09
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:10 – 22:25
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. 05:13 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:08 – 13:15
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Char | 14:21 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 16:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:59 Libra
- 05:59 – 08:23 Scorpio
- 08:23 – 10:24 Sagittarius
- 10:24 – 11:57 Capricorn
- 11:57 – 13:12 Aquarius
- 13:12 – 14:25 Pisces
- 14:25 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:39 Taurus
- 17:39 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 03:24 next day Virgo
- 03:24 – 05:55 next day Libra
- 05:55 – 07:09 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