Washington panchang, 2 February 2028
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 10:08 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
07:15 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:38
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:29 to 07:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 01:51 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 01:09 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:59
- Karana Gara until 13:22, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:38
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 01:09 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:36 – 13:48
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:09 – 07:14 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. 05:24 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:15 – 01:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:14 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:17 Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 07:49 Capricorn
- 07:49 – 09:05 Aquarius
- 09:05 – 10:17 Pisces
- 10:17 – 11:42 Aries
- 11:42 – 13:31 Taurus
- 13:31 – 15:49 Gemini
- 15:49 – 18:19 Cancer
- 18:19 – 20:48 Leo
- 20:48 – 23:17 Virgo
- 23:17 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 04:12 next day Scorpio
- 04:12 – 06:13 next day Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 07:14 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