Washington panchang, 9 January 2028
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 14:21 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 17:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:38 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:50 – 17:02
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:02 to 07:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:44 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:06 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:36 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 18:26
- Karana Kaulava until 18:21, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:44 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:02
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) 11:56 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:36 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:39 – 09:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:51 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 14:38 | Good |
| Rog | 14:38 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:38 | Good |
| Char | 20:38 – 22:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:27 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:39 – 07:27 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
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 05:03 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)
- 05:32 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:51 Sagittarius
- 07:51 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 10:39 Aquarius
- 10:39 – 11:52 Pisces
- 11:52 – 13:16 Aries
- 13:16 – 15:06 Taurus
- 15:06 – 17:23 Gemini
- 17:23 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 22:22 Leo
- 22:22 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:27 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