Washington panchang, 8 December 2027
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 13:13 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
07:15 to 16:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:11
- 16:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:44 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:57 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:29
- Nakshatra Revati until 06:57 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 20:04
- Karana Gara until 16:29, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:04 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:57 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:27 – 20:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:45 – 06:57 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 06:57 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 07:16 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. 05:19 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:15 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 16:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:22 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:31 Libra
- 05:31 – 07:56 Scorpio
- 07:56 – 09:57 Sagittarius
- 09:57 – 11:29 Capricorn
- 11:29 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 13:58 Pisces
- 13:58 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:28 next day Leo
- 00:28 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 05:27 next day Libra
- 05:27 – 07:16 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