Washington panchang, 21 January 2028
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 03:31 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
07:23 to 17:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:01
- 14:06 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:15 to 07:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:15 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:34 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:04 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:51 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:06, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 21:04 – 07:23 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. 05:30 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:23 – 02:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:23 – 08:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:37 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Char | 16:01 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:15 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:01 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:23 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
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 09:52 Aquarius
- 09:52 – 11:05 Pisces
- 11:05 – 12:29 Aries
- 12:29 – 14:18 Taurus
- 14:18 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 19:06 Cancer
- 19:06 – 21:35 Leo
- 21:35 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:34 next day Libra
- 02:34 – 04:59 next day Scorpio
- 04:59 – 07:00 next day Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 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