Washington panchang, 29 February 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 08:12 Phalguna 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
06:42 to 17:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 09:31 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:20 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:34
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 06:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:13
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:23 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:30
- Karana Vishti until 14:13, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:26 – 05:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:34
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. 05:00 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:31
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:42 – 06:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:42 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:06 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Char | 09:31 – 10:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:56 – 12:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:20 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:34 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:20 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:55 – 03:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:30 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:40 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
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 07:19 Aquarius
- 07:19 – 08:31 Pisces
- 08:31 – 09:55 Aries
- 09:55 – 11:45 Taurus
- 11:45 – 14:03 Gemini
- 14:03 – 16:33 Cancer
- 16:33 – 19:02 Leo
- 19:02 – 21:30 Virgo
- 21:30 – 00:01 next day Libra
- 00:01 – 02:25 next day Scorpio
- 02:25 – 04:27 next day Sagittarius
- 04:27 – 05:59 next day Capricorn
- 05:59 – 06:40 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