Washington panchang, 7 March 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 14:17 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
06:31 to 18:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:19 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:39
- 06:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:06 to 06:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 10:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:18
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:12 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:39
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:18 – 00:42 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. 04:52 – 05:42
- 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 18:06 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 06:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:30 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:52 – 12:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:19 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:06 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:39 – 21:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:18 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:51 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:36 Capricorn
- 05:36 – 06:51 Aquarius
- 06:51 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:18 Taurus
- 11:18 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 16:05 Cancer
- 16:05 – 18:34 Leo
- 18:34 – 21:03 Virgo
- 21:03 – 23:33 Libra
- 23:33 – 01:58 next day Scorpio
- 01:58 – 03:59 next day Sagittarius
- 03:59 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
- 05:32 – 06:30 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