Washington panchang, 4 March 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 10:50 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
06:36 to 18:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:11
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:03 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:40
- Nakshatra Rohini until 09:55 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:24
- Karana Bava until 15:40, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:11
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. 04:55 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 09:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 09:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:40 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:34 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:47 Capricorn
- 05:47 – 07:03 Aquarius
- 07:03 – 08:15 Pisces
- 08:15 – 09:40 Aries
- 09:40 – 11:29 Taurus
- 11:29 – 13:47 Gemini
- 13:47 – 16:17 Cancer
- 16:17 – 18:46 Leo
- 18:46 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:45 Libra
- 23:45 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:11 next day Sagittarius
- 04:11 – 05:44 next day Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:34 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