Washington panchang, 20 December 2027
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 00:00 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
07:23 to 16:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:54
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:47 to 07:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:26
- Karana Kaulava until 15:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:54
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. 05:26 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:26 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 16:47 | Good |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:26 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 07:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:40 next day Libra
- 04:40 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
- 07:05 – 07:24 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