Washington panchang, 4 January 2028
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 11:14 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 16:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:50 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:13 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 15:46
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
16:57 to 07:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 02:45 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:50, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:37 – 14:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:50 – 20:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:46
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. 05:32 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 14:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:28 – 14:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:50 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:39 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Char | 09:50 – 11:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:01 – 12:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:13 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:35 – 15:46 | Good |
| Rog | 15:46 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:35 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:13 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:01 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:11 Pisces
- 12:11 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 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