Washington panchang, 1 January 2028
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 10:08 Pausha 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
07:28 to 16:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:49 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:33
- 13:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:55 to 07:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:10 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:52 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:12 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:48, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:12 – 02:03 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. 05:31 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:38 – 09:49 | Good |
| Rog | 09:49 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:33 – 15:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:44 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 09:55 Capricorn
- 09:55 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:23 Pisces
- 12:23 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 07:28 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