Washington panchang, 22 March 2028
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:21 Moonrise 05:21 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
07:08 to 19:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:46
- 12:18 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:26 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:21 to 07:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:21 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 17:26
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:52 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 15:28
- Karana Taitila until 17:26, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:18 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:08 – 01:52 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. 05:34 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:21 – 21:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:08 – 17:26
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:07 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 05:37 Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:52 Aquarius
- 06:52 – 08:05 Pisces
- 08:05 – 09:29 Aries
- 09:29 – 11:19 Taurus
- 11:19 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 18:35 Leo
- 18:35 – 21:04 Virgo
- 21:04 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:48 next day Aquarius
- 06:48 – 07:07 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