Washington panchang, 18 December 2027
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 22:50 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
07:22 to 16:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:43 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:25
- 08:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
16:46 to 07:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:06
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:05
- Karana Gara until 08:15, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:06 – 06:02 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. 05:25 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:00 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:33 – 09:43 | Good |
| Rog | 09:43 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:36 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:44 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:12 next day Scorpio
- 07:12 – 07:23 next day Sagittarius
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