Washington panchang, 28 March 2028
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 07:45 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
06:59 to 19:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:18
- Yamaganda 10:06 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:53
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 16:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:09 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
19:27 to 06:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:28 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:09
- Karana Taitila until 16:03, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 16:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:09 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:09 – 19:21
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. 05:26 – 06:13
- 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 19:27 – 21:45
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:59 – 14:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:59 – 14:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:59 – 04:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:00 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:53 | Good |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:27 – 20:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 04:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:05 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:31 – 06:57 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
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:28 Aquarius
- 06:28 – 07:41 Pisces
- 07:41 – 09:05 Aries
- 09:05 – 10:55 Taurus
- 10:55 – 13:13 Gemini
- 13:13 – 15:42 Cancer
- 15:42 – 18:12 Leo
- 18:12 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 23:11 Libra
- 23:11 – 01:35 next day Scorpio
- 01:35 – 03:37 next day Sagittarius
- 03:37 – 05:09 next day Capricorn
- 05:09 – 06:25 next day Aquarius
- 06:25 – 06:57 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