Washington panchang, 20 January 2028
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 02:26 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
07:24 to 17:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:16
- 13:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:39 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:14 to 07:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:14 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 19:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 02:24 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:36, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:25 – 05:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:16
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. 05:30 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 01:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:52 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:38 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:00 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:00 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:23 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
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:08 Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 09:56 Aquarius
- 09:56 – 11:08 Pisces
- 11:08 – 12:33 Aries
- 12:33 – 14:22 Taurus
- 14:22 – 16:40 Gemini
- 16:40 – 19:10 Cancer
- 19:10 – 21:39 Leo
- 21:39 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 02:38 next day Libra
- 02:38 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 07:04 next day Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 07:23 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