Washington panchang, 1 March 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 08:42 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
06:40 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:45
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:23 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 12:23
- Karana Balava until 15:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:45
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 07:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:23 – 06:39 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. 04:59 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 08:27 Pisces
- 08:27 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 11:41 Taurus
- 11:41 – 13:59 Gemini
- 13:59 – 16:29 Cancer
- 16:29 – 18:58 Leo
- 18:58 – 21:27 Virgo
- 21:27 – 23:57 Libra
- 23:57 – 02:22 next day Scorpio
- 02:22 – 04:23 next day Sagittarius
- 04:23 – 05:55 next day Capricorn
- 05:55 – 06:39 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