Washington panchang, 22 January 2028
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 04:31 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 17:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 14:48
- 15:10 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:16 to 07:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:48 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 03:53 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:41 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:10, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:48 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:41 – 05:17 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 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:37 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:02 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:16 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:22 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
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 09:48 Aquarius
- 09:48 – 11:01 Pisces
- 11:01 – 12:25 Aries
- 12:25 – 14:15 Taurus
- 14:15 – 16:32 Gemini
- 16:32 – 19:02 Cancer
- 19:02 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 06:56 next day Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 07:22 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