Washington panchang, 27 March 2028
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 19:26 Moonrise 07:17 Chaitra 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
07:00 to 19:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:57
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:16 Moon enters Aries
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:26 to 06:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:26 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 18:22
- Karana Balava until 14:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:16 Moon enters Aries
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:22 – 18:09 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. 05:28 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:26 – 21:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:26 | Good |
| Char | 19:26 – 20:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 06:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:32 Aquarius
- 06:32 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:09 Aries
- 09:09 – 10:59 Taurus
- 10:59 – 13:16 Gemini
- 13:16 – 15:46 Cancer
- 15:46 – 18:16 Leo
- 18:16 – 20:44 Virgo
- 20:44 – 23:15 Libra
- 23:15 – 01:39 next day Scorpio
- 01:39 – 03:40 next day Sagittarius
- 03:40 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
- 05:13 – 06:28 next day Aquarius
- 06:28 – 06:59 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