Washington panchang, 12 March 2028
Sunrise 07:24 EDT Sunset 19:11 EDT Moonrise 21:39 EDT Phalguna month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 EDT to 19:11 EDT- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 EDT – 13:41 EDT
- Yamaganda 13:17 EDT – 14:46 EDT
- Gulika Kalam 16:14 EDT – 17:43 EDT
- Durmuhurta 17:37 EDT – 18:24 EDT
- Rahu Kalam 17:43 EDT – 19:11 EDT
- 14:04 EDT Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:04 EDT Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:31 EDT Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
19:11 EDT to 07:22 EDT next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:11 EDT – 21:37 EDT
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 EDT – 06:34 EDT Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:54 EDT Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:33 EDT next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:24 EDT next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 14:04 EDT
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:31 EDT · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:54 EDT
- Karana Gara until 14:04 EDT, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:04 EDT Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:04 EDT Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:31 EDT Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:54 EDT Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:33 EDT next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:24 EDT next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 EDT – 14:46 EDT
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 EDT – 17:43 EDT
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:37 EDT – 18:24 EDT
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:43 EDT – 19:11 EDT
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. 05:46 EDT – 06:35 EDT
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 EDT – 13:41 EDT
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:11 EDT – 21:37 EDT
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:24 EDT – 15:31 EDT
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:24 EDT – 15:31 EDT
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:24 EDT – 08:52 EDT | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:52 EDT – 10:21 EDT | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 EDT – 11:49 EDT | Good |
| Amrit | 11:49 EDT – 13:17 EDT | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 EDT – 14:46 EDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 EDT – 16:14 EDT | Good |
| Rog | 16:14 EDT – 17:43 EDT | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:43 EDT – 19:11 EDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:11 EDT – 20:43 EDT | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:43 EDT – 22:14 EDT | Good |
| Char | 22:14 EDT – 23:45 EDT | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 EDT – 01:17 EDT next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 EDT – 02:48 EDT next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 EDT – 04:19 EDT next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 EDT – 05:51 EDT next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:51 EDT – 07:22 EDT 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
- 07:24 EDT NowSun
- 08:23 EDT NowVenus
- 09:22 EDT NowMercury
- 10:21 EDT NowMoon
- 11:20 EDT NowSaturn
- 12:19 EDT NowJupiter
- 13:17 EDT NowMars
- 14:16 EDT NowSun
- 15:15 EDT NowVenus
- 16:14 EDT NowMercury
- 17:13 EDT NowMoon
- 18:12 EDT NowSaturn
- 19:11 EDT NowJupiter
- 20:12 EDT NowMars
- 21:13 EDT NowSun
- 22:14 EDT NowVenus
- 23:15 EDT NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 EDT NowMoon
- 01:17 EDT NowSaturn
- 02:18 EDT NowJupiter
- 03:19 EDT NowMars
- 04:19 EDT NowSun
- 05:20 EDT NowVenus
- 06:21 EDT NowMercury
- 07:24 EDT NowSun
- 08:24 EDT NowVenus
- 09:24 EDT NowMercury
- 10:24 EDT NowMoon
- 11:24 EDT NowSaturn
- 12:24 EDT NowJupiter
- 13:24 EDT NowMars
- 14:24 EDT NowSun
- 15:24 EDT NowVenus
- 16:24 EDT NowMercury
- 17:24 EDT NowMoon
- 18:24 EDT NowSaturn
- 19:24 EDT NowJupiter
- 20:24 EDT NowMars
- 21:24 EDT NowSun
- 22:24 EDT NowVenus
- 23:24 EDT NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 EDT NowMoon
- 01:24 EDT NowSaturn
- 02:24 EDT NowJupiter
- 03:24 EDT NowMars
- 04:24 EDT NowSun
- 05:24 EDT NowVenus
- 06:24 EDT NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 EDT – 06:16 EDT Capricorn
- 06:16 EDT – 07:31 EDT Aquarius
- 07:31 EDT – 08:44 EDT Pisces
- 08:44 EDT – 10:08 EDT Aries
- 10:08 EDT – 11:58 EDT Taurus
- 11:58 EDT – 14:15 EDT Gemini
- 14:15 EDT – 16:45 EDT Cancer
- 16:45 EDT – 19:15 EDT Leo
- 19:15 EDT – 21:43 EDT Virgo
- 21:43 EDT – 00:14 EDT next day Libra
- 00:14 EDT – 02:38 EDT next day Scorpio
- 02:38 EDT – 04:39 EDT next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 EDT – 06:12 EDT next day Capricorn
- 06:12 EDT – 07:22 EDT 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 · each time with its zone, as the clocks change within this day · Method