Washington panchang, 15 January 2028
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 21:47 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
07:26 to 17:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 14:43
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 09:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:08 to 07:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 04:16 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 06:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 09:40
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:40
- Karana Balava until 09:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 09:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 04:16 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 06:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:43
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:44 – 07:26 next day
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 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:26 – 09:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:04 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:26 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
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:27 Sagittarius
- 07:27 – 09:00 Capricorn
- 09:00 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 11:28 Pisces
- 11:28 – 12:52 Aries
- 12:52 – 14:42 Taurus
- 14:42 – 17:00 Gemini
- 17:00 – 19:29 Cancer
- 19:29 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:22 next day Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:24 next day Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 07:26 next day Capricorn
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