Washington panchang, 29 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 08:34 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
07:18 to 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:49 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 14:52
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:24 to 07:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 18:13
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 06:42 next day
- Karana Gara until 18:13, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 14:52
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 – 06:22
- 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 17:24 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:32 – 07:17 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:13 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 09:49 | Good |
| Rog | 09:49 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:17 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
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:32 Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 08:05 Capricorn
- 08:05 – 09:20 Aquarius
- 09:20 – 10:33 Pisces
- 10:33 – 11:57 Aries
- 11:57 – 13:47 Taurus
- 13:47 – 16:04 Gemini
- 16:04 – 18:34 Cancer
- 18:34 – 21:04 Leo
- 21:04 – 23:32 Virgo
- 23:32 – 02:03 next day Libra
- 02:03 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 06:28 next day Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 07:17 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