Washington panchang, 2 January 2028
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 10:30 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 16:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:34 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:18
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 16:56
- 08:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:56 to 07:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:04 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:42 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 02:03 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 16:29, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:04 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
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) 01:12 – 02:03 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 16:56
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) 11:53 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:52 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:39 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:45 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:34 | Good |
| Char | 20:34 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:12 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:07 Aquarius
- 11:07 – 12:19 Pisces
- 12:19 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:51 Gemini
- 17:51 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 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