Washington panchang, 6 March 2028
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 13:02 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
06:33 to 18:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:47
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:05 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:12 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 12:31
- Nakshatra Ardra until 08:25 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 01:48 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:31, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:12 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:12 – 10:00 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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:05 | Good |
| Char | 18:05 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:52 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:31 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:40 Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 09:32 Aries
- 09:32 – 11:22 Taurus
- 11:22 – 13:39 Gemini
- 13:39 – 16:09 Cancer
- 16:09 – 18:38 Leo
- 18:38 – 21:07 Virgo
- 21:07 – 23:37 Libra
- 23:37 – 02:02 next day Scorpio
- 02:02 – 04:03 next day Sagittarius
- 04:03 – 05:36 next day Capricorn
- 05:36 – 06:31 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