Washington panchang, 17 February 2028
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 01:22 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
06:58 to 17:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 09:40 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:34 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:36
- 15:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:46 to 06:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:11
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:59 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:11, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:48 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:34 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:36
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. 05:12 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:58 – 02:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:19 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:40 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 17:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:46 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:00 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:39 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:18 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:18 Sagittarius
- 05:18 – 06:50 Capricorn
- 06:50 – 08:06 Aquarius
- 08:06 – 09:18 Pisces
- 09:18 – 10:43 Aries
- 10:43 – 12:32 Taurus
- 12:32 – 14:50 Gemini
- 14:50 – 17:20 Cancer
- 17:20 – 19:49 Leo
- 19:49 – 22:18 Virgo
- 22:18 – 00:48 next day Libra
- 00:48 – 03:13 next day Scorpio
- 03:13 – 05:14 next day Sagittarius
- 05:14 – 06:46 next day Capricorn
- 06:46 – 06:57 next day Aquarius
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