Washington panchang, 15 December 2027
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 19:07 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
07:20 to 16:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:13
- 16:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:45 to 07:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 02:52 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:43 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 23:12
- Karana Vanija until 16:17, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:15 – 02:52 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 09:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:03 – 09:58
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. 05:24 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:40
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Char | 14:24 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 16:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:35 – 20:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:24 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:29 Sagittarius
- 09:29 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 07:21 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