Washington panchang, 7 January 2028
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 12:43 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 17:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam 11:02 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 15:49
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:00 to 07:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:18 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:00
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:22 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:37
- Karana Gara until 10:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:18 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:04 – 15:08
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) 11:55 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:28 – 17:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:00 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:28 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:02 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:00 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 07:59 Sagittarius
- 07:59 – 09:32 Capricorn
- 09:32 – 10:47 Aquarius
- 10:47 – 12:00 Pisces
- 12:00 – 13:24 Aries
- 13:24 – 15:14 Taurus
- 15:14 – 17:31 Gemini
- 17:31 – 20:01 Cancer
- 20:01 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 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