Washington panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 15:34 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
06:30 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:46
- 06:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:17 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:07 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:52 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:57
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:52 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 18:26
- Karana Balava until 06:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:52 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:46
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. 04:51 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 06:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:52 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:28 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:32 Capricorn
- 05:32 – 06:47 Aquarius
- 06:47 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 23:30 Libra
- 23:30 – 01:54 next day Scorpio
- 01:54 – 03:55 next day Sagittarius
- 03:55 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:28 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