Washington panchang, 24 March 2028
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:23 Moonrise 06:07 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
07:05 to 19:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:18 – 17:51
- 09:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
19:23 to 07:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:23 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 22:27 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 01:01 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 22:27
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 17:20
- Karana Vishti until 09:17, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 22:27 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 01:01 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:04 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:51
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:10 – 11:25
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. 05:31 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:23 – 21:43
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:05 – 08:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:23 – 20:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:08 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:03 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
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 07:57 Pisces
- 07:57 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:58 Cancer
- 15:58 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:52 next day Sagittarius
- 03:52 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
- 05:25 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
- 06:40 – 07:03 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