Washington panchang, 28 January 2028
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 08:12 Magha 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
07:19 to 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:07
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:32 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:23 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:48 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:32
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:26 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 05:48 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:32, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:48 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:48 – 18:15 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. 05:27 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:34 – 09:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:50 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:49 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:18 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
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:36 Sagittarius
- 06:36 – 08:09 Capricorn
- 08:09 – 09:24 Aquarius
- 09:24 – 10:37 Pisces
- 10:37 – 12:01 Aries
- 12:01 – 13:51 Taurus
- 13:51 – 16:08 Gemini
- 16:08 – 18:38 Cancer
- 18:38 – 21:08 Leo
- 21:08 – 23:36 Virgo
- 23:36 – 02:07 next day Libra
- 02:07 – 04:31 next day Scorpio
- 04:31 – 06:32 next day Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 07:18 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