Washington panchang, 17 March 2028
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 02:13 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
07:16 to 19:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:16 – 17:46
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
19:16 to 07:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:00 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 12:23
- Karana Balava until 19:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 19:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:23 – 12:15 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:16 – 12:25
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. 05:40 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:16 – 21:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:05 – 12:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:16 – 08:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:15 – 05:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:45 – 07:14 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
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:56 Capricorn
- 05:56 – 07:12 Aquarius
- 07:12 – 08:24 Pisces
- 08:24 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:38 Taurus
- 11:38 – 13:56 Gemini
- 13:56 – 16:26 Cancer
- 16:26 – 18:55 Leo
- 18:55 – 21:24 Virgo
- 21:24 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 05:52 next day Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:08 next day Aquarius
- 07:08 – 07:14 next day Pisces
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method