Washington panchang, 8 January 2028
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 13:27 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 17:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 14:38
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:01 to 07:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:06
- Nakshatra Krittika until 16:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 21:19
- Karana Vishti until 09:06, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 20:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:38
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 17:01 – 19:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:50 – 07:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:50 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 15:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:49 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:38 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 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
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:03 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)
- 05:32 – 05:54 Scorpio
- 05:54 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 10:43 Aquarius
- 10:43 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:10 Taurus
- 15:10 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:50 next day Scorpio
- 05:50 – 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